​​AI capabilities and risks demo-jam: Creating visceral interactive demonstrations

​​🖥️ Put your skills to work on an AI safety challenge

​​🤝 Build new connections in the community

​​🏛️ Help educate the public about Frontier AI through interactive demos

​​and even have your chance to ...

​​🏆 Win up to $1000 in cash 💵

​What to expect:

• ​​Lead up the event:

  • ​​Join Apart Research's brainstorming sessions and pre-hackathon workshops

  • ​​Develop proposals for projects to take into the hackathon

• ​​​Friday evening:

  • ​​​Keynote presentation live (6pm)

  • ​​​Network with potential collaborators, employers, and investors in the AI alignment sector

  • ​​​Form a team and brain-storm ideas for the weekend!

• ​​​Saturday-Sunday:

  • ​​Work as a team to develop interactive demonstrations of AI capabilities/risks to help inform policymakers, researchers and the public

  • ​​​Submit your project on Sunday to the judging panel

​​​How to prepare:

• ​​Sign-up for the event on ​the Apart Research event page

• ​​​Join the Alignment Jam discord

​​About the organisers:

​CivAI is a non-profit building concrete understanding of AI capabilities and dangers through interactive demos. CivAI presents these to policymakers and other audiences around the United States.

​​Apart Research is a research mentorship programme (Apart Lab) and hackathon organiser (Apart Sprints). They help ambitious, talented individuals start their career in AI safety.

​​​FAQ:

​​Q: Will there be food provided?
A: Dinner will be provided by CivAI on Friday. And lunch + snacks will be provided on Saturday and Sunday.

​​​​Q: Do I need to attend the whole event?
A: You don't need to attend the whole weekend, but it'd be great if you could. There will be a keynote speaker on Friday night that we'll all watch together, and a show & tell section on Sunday night to share our work.

Q: Do I need to find my own team, or can I participate on my own?
A: You're welcome to participate on your own, or to form a team with other participants. CivAI facilitators will also provide assistance with building teams.

​​​​Q: What time will the venue be open?
A: On Friday, we'll be going from 5pm to 10pm. On Saturday and Sunday we'll be going from 10am to 6pm.