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Travel support for career transitioner to attend AAAI 2026 (with accepted paper)

Technical AI safety
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Closes January 18th, 2026
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Project summary

  • Career transition in 2025 to pursue AI, particularly AI safety research/engineering

  • Completed Masters thesis at end of 2025, condensed version submitted to AAAI 2026 workshop (Bias in Multimodal AI)

  • Paper accepted, though external funding not organised - unable to self-fund

  • Requesting funding to attend and present at AAAI 2026

How will this funding be used?

  • Return flights ~600

  • Food ~200

  • Accomodation ~700

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

  • Thesis work is not presented at AAAI 2026, ai safety contribution is less significant

  • Opportunity to build career capital in AI safety is missed

How much money have you raised in the last 12 months, and from where?

  • None

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