EA - What's Happening in Australia by Bradley Tjandra

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: What's Happening in Australia, published by Bradley Tjandra on November 7, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum.IntroductionCrikey! There's a lot going on in 'Straya right now!There are a lot of new and exciting projects happening in Australia— we want to share some of that with the wider community and talk about how you can be involved.Projects in AustraliaMuch of the effective altruist aligned work being done in Australia involves working remotely with the international community, at organisations already known by the international community. Given that, we decided to focus on projects which are being at least partially led by Australians.If you’re leading an exciting project in Australia, please send me a message with a completed copy of this template and I can add it into the post.AI Safety Australia & New ZealandAI Safety SupportEA PathfinderFoundations for TomorrowGiving What We CanGood Ancestors Project (Sydney Office)Good Ancestors Project (Operations)Good Ancestors Project (Policy)High Impact EngineersHigh Impact RecruitmentInsights for ImpactLead Exposure Elimination ProjectQuantifying Uncertainty in GiveWell CEAsReady ResearchSentience InstituteAI Safety Australia & New ZealandWhat do we do?We’re organising a number of community building programs:AI Sydney Fellowship - A fellowship for aspiring AI researchers in Australian/New Zealand to meet and collaborate on their projects.Sydney Retreat - A weekend getaway near Maroubra Beach and trying out a range of activities to facilitate connection, ideation, sharing, and, of course, alignment.Informal chats - Discussion group for people who have already completed the AGI Safety Fundamentals technical course or otherwise have an equivalent level of knowledge.About the teamChris Leong - Main Organiser. Previously interned at Non-Linear.Yanni Kyriacos - Marketing & Communications Lead. Recently employed at Spark Wave as Head of Marketing. 10 years of experience as a marketing strategist.Mark Carauleanu - Intern. Previously Admin Support at CEA, participated in the SERI Summer Fellowship and MLSS.Jenna - Operations Contractor. Also Design & Communications Consultant at Fortify Health and Cofounder of EA Canberra.Call to actionReach out to chris [at] aisafetysupport.org.More linksJoin the Facebook groupNudge competitionAI Safety SupportWhat do we do?Providing support services to early career, independent and transitioning AI alignment researchers. This is done through career coaching, events, training programs and fiscal sponsorship.About the teamJJ Hepburn - Cofounder and CEO based in SydneyRachel Williams - COO based in Colorado SpringsFrances Lorenz - Operations Manager based in BostonShay Gestal - Health Coach based in BerlingtonCall to actionSignup for our mailing listJoin the AI Alignment slackApply for coachingCheckout our free Health CoachingContact us about fiscal sponsorshipsMore linksaisafetysupport.orgEA PathfinderWhat do we do?EA Pathfinder is an organisation that wants to create a world in which professionals motivated by Effective Altruism can do high impact work. We are addressing the bottlenecks specific to mid-career professionals by offering career advising, peer support, research mentorship and project management support.About the teamNeil Ferro has recently come on board as a career advisor.Call to actionIf you have 5+ years of career experience and have a successful career, but feel your job doesn't have the positive impact you’d like then you can apply for free career advice here.More linksYou can visit the website hereFoundations for TomorrowWhat do we do?Foundations for Tomorrow is a proudly independent, leader-focused non-profit with the mission of protecting Australia’s future interests. Our aspiration over the next 3-5 years i...