Resources
Curated readings, courses, and tools for getting into AI safety.
Getting started
- Robert Miles AI Safety (YouTube)
Clear, accessible video explainers on AI alignment and why it's a hard problem — no technical background required.
- Gerrit W. Gong — “Faith, Moral Compass, and the Gift of Possibility” (YouTube)
A Latter-day Saint apostle on faith, moral agency, and artificial intelligence.
- “The Problem” — Rob Bensinger, LessWrong
MIRI's concise case for why building smarter-than-human AI with today's understanding risks human extinction.
- AI 2027
A detailed, researcher-authored scenario forecasting how transformative AI could unfold over the next few years.
- AI 2040: Plan A
A policy proposal for an international agreement to responsibly delay superintelligent AI until 2040.
- 80,000 Hours: AI safety problem profile
An overview of why AI safety may be one of the world's most pressing problems, and how a career addressing it could look.
- BlueDot Impact courses
Structured, cohort-based online courses for going deeper on AI safety, alignment, and governance.
Newsletters
- The Alignment Forum
The hub for technical AI alignment research and discussion.
- LessWrong
Community blog on rationality and AI safety — much of the field's writing lives here.
- AI Safety Newsletter — Center for AI Safety
Regular updates on AI safety research, policy, and news.
- Redwood Research Blog
Technical alignment research and interpretability work from Redwood Research.
- AI as Normal Technology
Newsletter on responsible AI integration, with balanced perspectives on hype, safety, and social impact.
- Transformer — Shakeel Hashim
Reporting and analysis on the power and politics of transformative AI.
- Import AI — Jack Clark
A weekly rundown of AI research and policy from Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark.
- Don't Worry About the Vase — Zvi Mowshowitz
A dense, closely-read weekly roundup of AI developments and commentary.
- 80,000 Hours Newsletter
Career-focused updates on AI safety and other pressing global problems.
Podcasts
- 80,000 Hours Podcast
In-depth interviews on the world's most pressing problems, including AI safety, and how to build a career addressing them.
- Dwarkesh Patel (YouTube)
Long-form interviews with AI researchers and other thinkers on where the technology is headed.
- The Cognitive Revolution
Conversations with AI builders and researchers on the frontier of the field and what it means for the world.
Research fellowships + other opportunities
- AI Safety Opportunities
An auto-updating board of AI safety jobs, fellowships, grants, events, and courses.
- SPAR (Supervised Program for Alignment Research)
A part-time, remote research program pairing aspiring researchers with AI safety and governance mentors.
- Pivotal Research Fellowship
A fully-funded, 9-week London fellowship for research in AI safety, AI governance, and biosecurity.
- ERA Fellowship
A fully-funded Cambridge fellowship for researchers and entrepreneurs working to understand and reduce risks from frontier AI.
- Horizon Fellowship
Places fully-funded fellows with emerging-tech expertise in US federal agencies, congressional offices, and think tanks.
- LASR Labs
A 13-week, London-based technical AI safety research programme, working in small mentored teams.
- CBAI AI Safety Research Fellowship
A fully-funded Cambridge/Boston research fellowship covering interpretability, governance, and other AI safety topics.
- Tarbell Fellowship
A funded fellowship placing journalists in newsrooms to strengthen reporting on AI.
- Anthropic Fellows Program
A paid, four-month program for researchers and engineers to work on AI safety projects alongside Anthropic's research teams.
- OpenAI Safety Fellowship
A funded program for external researchers to pursue rigorous research on the safety and alignment of advanced AI systems.
- ILIAD Intensive
A four-week, in-person course on theoretical approaches to AI alignment, for those with a strong math background.
Careers
- AI Safety Careers
A curated job board for roles in AI safety, spanning technical, policy, and operations work.
- 80,000 Hours Job Board
A job board of high-impact roles, including many in AI safety, vetted for their potential to do good.