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Relocating to Montreal to work full time on AI safety

Science & technologyTechnical AI safety
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Damiano Fornasiere and Pietro Greiner

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Project summary

We, Damiano and Pietro, will be joining Yoshua Bengio's safety team at Mila as a postdoc and a PhD student, respectively. We will be visiting Montreal for a few months before we officially start, while we apply and wait for our visas. The bureaucratic situation won't allow us to rent an apartment, so accommodation will be more expensive. Accordingly, we are asking for support for the relocation costs.

What are this project's goals? How will you achieve them?

The aim is to ease the financial burden of moving overseas while waiting for our visas.

How will this funding be used?

  • Accommodation;

  • Flights;

  • Other relocating expenses (e.g., shipping of personal items).

Who is on your team? What's your track record on similar projects?

Yoshua Bengio is our supervisor. Turing Award winner, vocal and committed to AI safety.

What are the most likely causes and outcomes if this project fails?

N.A.

What other funding are you or your project getting?

Currently, Damiano has a salary as a PhD student, Pietro has no salary. We will both have salaries at Mila.

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