Welcome 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: Summer program for high schoolers - Guest speakers Yoshua Bengio and Peter Singer, published by Peter McIntyre on March 28, 2024 on The Effective Altruism Forum.

Please share this opportunity with high schoolers you know - we'd be grateful for your help spreading the word!

About Non-Trivial

The

Non-Trivial Fellowship is now accepting applications.

It's an online summer program for high school students aged 14-20 to start an impactful research or policy project.

Accepted fellows get access to:

A $500 scholarship

Up to $15,000 in funding

Guidance from facilitators at Oxford, Cambridge, and Stanford Universities

Guest speaker sessions, including Turing Award winner

Yoshua Bengio and philosopher

Peter Singer

The summer cohort is running from July 8th - August 30th, 2024 and we will accept 200 people. The application has sections on probability, brainteasers, and game theory which many enjoy.

Apply by March 31st, for increased interview chances and an early admissions decision.

How you could help

1. Let high school students you may know about Non-Trivial (e.g. your old school, gifted programs you used to be a part of).

2. Share on social media

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