F2025 - Technical Paper Reading Group Week 3 - Evals
UBC AI Safety Technical Paper Reading Group
UBC AI Safety has launched a biweekly technical paper reading group focused on cutting-edge AI safety research.
Sessions will engage with recent papers across topics including mechanistic interpretability, AI control, scalable oversight, capability evaluation, and failure mode identification. The group emphasizes critical analysis and discussion.
Session 3: Evals
Our third meeting will feature a deep dive on safety evaluations. These are tests that let us answer the question "How safe is this model?" with more confidence. We'll examine the current landscape of safety evals, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches. Dinner will be provided!
Prereading:
This primer is a quick read and covers everything you need to know for this session. We highly recommend reading it before attending!
Location: IKB 263
Who Should Attend:
Meetings are open to anyone interested in technical AI safety research. While no prior experience is required, participants with working knowledge of AI Safety and machine learning concepts will get the most out of discussions. If you're unsure whether you have sufficient background, check out this preparation document which gives resources on topics you should be familiar with for maximum engagement with the material.