Ryan Kidd

Karma: 2,045

Co-Executive Director at ML Alignment & Theory Scholars Program (2022-present)
Co-Founder & Board Member at London Initiative for Safe AI (2023-present)
Manifund Regrantor (2023-present) | RFPs here
Advisor, Catalyze Impact (2023-present) | ToC here
Advisor, AI Safety ANZ (2024-present)
Advisor, Pivotal Research (2024-present)
Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Queensland (2017-2023)
Group organizer at Effective Altruism UQ (2018-2021)

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MATS is hiring!

Ryan Kidd and VVN

Apr 8, 2025, 8:45 PM

8 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Apply to MATS 8.0!

Ryan Kidd and K Richards

Mar 20, 2025, 2:17 AM

62 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

MATS Spring 2024 Extension Retrospective

HenningB, Matthew Wearden, Cameron Holmes and Ryan Kidd

Feb 12, 2025, 10:43 PM

22 points

0 comments15 min readLW link

[Job ad] LISA CEO

Ryan Kidd, James Fox and mike_safeAI

Feb 9, 2025, 12:18 AM

18 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Implications of the inference scaling paradigm for AI safety

Ryan KiddJan 14, 2025, 2:14 AM

89 points

70 comments5 min readLW link

MATS mentor selection

DanielFilan and Ryan Kidd

Jan 10, 2025, 3:12 AM

43 points

11 comments6 min readLW link

[Job Ad] MATS is hiring!

Jana, LauraVaughan, yams, Christian Smith and Ryan Kidd

Oct 9, 2024, 2:17 AM

10 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

MATS AI Safety Strategy Curriculum v2

DanielFilan and Ryan Kidd

Oct 7, 2024, 10:44 PM

42 points

6 comments13 min readLW link

MATS Alumni Impact Analysis

utilistrutil, Juan Gil, yams, LauraVaughan, K Richards and Ryan Kidd

Sep 30, 2024, 2:35 AM

61 points

7 comments11 min readLW link

Apply to MATS 7.0!

Ryan Kidd and K Richards

Sep 21, 2024, 12:23 AM

32 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Why I funded PIBBSS

Ryan KiddSep 15, 2024, 7:56 PM

115 points

21 comments3 min readLW link

Talk: AI safety fieldbuilding at MATS

Ryan KiddJun 23, 2024, 11:06 PM

26 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

Talent Needs of Technical AI Safety Teams

yams, Carson Jones, McKennaFitzgerald and Ryan Kidd

May 24, 2024, 12:36 AM

117 points

65 comments14 min readLW link

MATS Winter 2023-24 Retrospective

utilistrutil, LauraVaughan, McKennaFitzgerald, Christian Smith, Juan Gil, Henry Sleight, Matthew Wearden and Ryan Kidd

May 11, 2024, 12:09 AM

86 points

28 comments49 min readLW link

MATS AI Safety Strategy Curriculum

Ronny Fernandez and Ryan Kidd

Mar 7, 2024, 7:59 PM

74 points

2 comments16 min readLW link

Announcing the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA)

James Fox, mike_safeAI and Ryan Kidd

Feb 2, 2024, 11:17 PM

98 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

MATS Summer 2023 Retrospective

utilistrutil, Juan Gil, Ryan Kidd, Christian Smith, McKennaFitzgerald and LauraVaughan

Dec 1, 2023, 11:29 PM

77 points

34 comments26 min readLW link

Apply for MATS Winter 2023-24!

utilistrutil, Ryan Kidd and LauraVaughan

Oct 21, 2023, 2:27 AM

104 points

6 comments5 min readLW link

[Job Ad] SERI MATS is (still) hiring for our summer program

Ryan Kidd and zanekay

Jun 6, 2023, 9:07 PM

12 points

0 comments7 min readLW link

How MATS addresses “mass movement building” concerns

Ryan KiddMay 4, 2023, 12:55 AM

63 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

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