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Welcome to the AI Safety Collab Course

Do you want to help make AI beneficial to humanity? Explore AI Safety as a participant or facilitate discussions as a moderator in our comprehensive 8-week program.

📖 Course Highlights:

• AI Governance Track by BlueDot Impact: Syllabus developed by researchers from Harvard, Oxford, and Cambridge.

• AI Alignment Track by AI Safety Atlas: Created in collaboration with experts from OpenAI, Cambridge, and CeSIA.

• Dates: To be announced (8 weeks main course + 4 weeks optional project phase)

• Format: Available online or in-person

• Languages: Sessions in English and additional languages

• Costs: Free of charge

• Benefits: International networking, career opportunities, and a LinkedIn certificate upon completion

You have to decide between:

• AI Governance Track 📗

• AI Alignment Track 📘

📗 AI Governance Track (Curriculum by BlueDot Impact):

• Introduction to Foundational Concepts in Artificial Intelligence

• Exploring the Positive Effects of AI

• Understanding the Potential Perils of AI

• Challenges in Controlling AI Systems

• Policy Levers for AI Governance

• Real-World AI Policy Analysis

• Policy Proposal for Governing AI

• Contributing to AI Governance

📘 AI Alignment Track (Curriculum by AI Safety Atlas):

• Capabilities

• Risks

• Strategies

• Governance

• Evaluations

• Specification

• Generalization

• Scalable Oversight

• Interpretability (optional)

🔑 Prerequisites for Applying:

• A keen interest in "How can we make AI beneficial to humanity?"

• No technical background required (helpful for the Alignment Track)

• Basic English proficiency required; translation tools like DeepL recommended

• Open to all international applicants; non-EU applicants should consider time zone differences

• New to AI Safety? Consider watching this introduction video: Introduction to AI Safety

💡 Recommendations:

• Alignment Track: Best for those with a CS, Math, or related technical background.

• Governance Track: Ideal for those in Law, Economics, PR, or technical fields looking to explore regulatory aspects. We think that there are also lots of interesting technical questions in AI Governance.

📧 Contact Team:

• AI Safety Collab is an international initiative, hosted by groups in multiple countries.

• AI Safety Collab collaborates with ENAIS

• Email: contact@enais.co We will strive to answer within 48 hours.

💬 FAQ:

• Concerned about the complexity of AI Safety?

• We provide support at all learning levels to ensure success.

• Worried about your English skills?

• The course uses technical English, but peer support and translation tools are available to help.

• Unsure about the time commitment?

• We recommend dedicating approximately 5 hours per week to fully benefit from the course. If you cannot meet a minimum time commitment of 3 hours, we wouldn't recommend applying.

• Besides our curricula, there are plenty of options to learn for yourself in your pace about AI risk mitigation, here some ideas:

• Overview courses: Courses

• Interactive AI Safety Guide with Chatbot: AI Safety Info

• Simple & entertaining explainer about core terms: Lethal AI Guide