Participate in the AGI Safety Fundamentals course.
Why take this course:
The AGI Safety Fundamentals Alignment Course is widely considered to be the golden standard for offering an introduction to the field of technical AI safety. It has been carefully put together and is updated regularly by experts from companies such as Deepmind and OpenAI. It has been the course of choice by facilitators at other AI Safety Initiatives including: Delft AI Safety Initiative, Harvard AI Safety Team (HAIST), Oxford AI Society (OxAI), Cambridge AI Safety Hub, Stanford AI Alignment, MIT Alignment, Utrecht University AIS Group, and more. Students taking the course will receive a complimentary book and certification upon successful completion of the course.
About the course:
The course consists of 8 weeks of readings, discussion sessions, and a final project. No background machine learning knowledge is required, but participants will be expected to have some fluency in basic statistics and mathematical notation. Examples of topics explored: How powerful could AI become? What research is being done in interpretability, reinforcement learning from human feedback, and more? What careers are available in AI alignment?
Content:
The first half of the course explores the motivations and arguments underpinning the field of AGI safety, while the second half focuses on proposals for technical solutions. After week 7, you will have a couple of weeks to work on a project of your choice.
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Practicalities:
The course is free to join and will be facilitated on-site (exact location TBA). This iteration of the course will start at the beginning of block 2B of the 2022-2023 academic year. We will aim to put you in a cohort that fits with your schedule. Signups will close on April 10th and the participants will be notified by email if they have been selected. Unfortunately, due to limited capacity, we are only able to facilitate 22 students for this iteration. The workload will consist of 2-4 hours of weekly readings and 2 hours of weekly learning discussions/interactive tutorials led by experienced facilitators with knowledge of the field.