What does it take to build AI responsibly as the technology moves faster than ever?
From SCET Startup Semester to #AIsafety at @seldonai, Finn Metz shares why founders must take oversight, cyber resilience, and societal impact seriously .hubs.li/Q0470DKm0#ucberkeley
In a world with abundant intelligence, AI agents will not just replace humans in existing workflows, but make new kinds of work possible; work that was previously too slow or expensive to perform at scale.
In cyberdefense, automated digital forensics, i.e. deep security
The infrastructure that determines whether AGI goes well won't build itself.
Seldon Batch: #2 mid-January through April in SF, up to 500k in funding.
seldonlab.com/apply
Who we want:
Ex-OpenAI/Anthropic engineers. PhD-level technical depth. Teams that can actually build the thing.
If you're still figuring out if you want to be a founder, this isn't for you.
Seldon Batch #2 is open.
Last batch: 4 teams raised $10M+, sold to xAI and Anthropic, got featured in TIME three times.
We're funding 5-10 startups building AGI security infrastructure. Up to $500K each.
Mid-January → April in SF.
Apply → seldonlab.com/apply
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Is it an emotional toll to work on AI safety?
Can we solve the biggest problems of AGI with tech startups?
Are for-profits better than non-profits in AI safety?
This, and much more is discussed in our recent panel debate with @ericho_goodfire, @bshlgrs, and Nick Fitz.
This past weekend, we've hosted a blast of a retreat full of deep discussions and solutions to AI safety.
Everyone agreed that the most awesome future is one where we can successfully enforce Tool AI and limit unstable autonomous generally intelligent agents.
Andon Labs is incredibly grateful for our time in the first-ever @seldonai batch!
@EsbenKC , @MetzFinn81065 , and @nick_s_fitz put together a group of great people, and we learned a lot from our many discussions, most recently in the Yosemite mountains.
We, just like Seldon,
One of the few things which feels like a pro-safety move is that @elonmusk is working with explicitly safety focused partners here with @seldonai .
Hopefully we will see a system card.
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