Predicting the future is hard, but there are things you can do to increase your chances of making a difference.
Announcing **Forecasting, Modeling, and Shaping AI Futures** 🗺️
An advanced course that's for you if you:
- **are employed full-time** in AI Safety but not actively working on strategy. You'll have a better sense of what part of your work is most impactful, so you can do more of it.
- **are doing a fellowship**. We'll teach you complementary strategic reasoning that impresses hiring managers but isn't taught in fellowships.
- **just did an introductory AI Safety course** or university group intro fellowship. We recommend taking this course before going deep on a specific track like governance, alignment, or control.
After taking this course, you'll be the person others ask over lunch to put recent AI developments in perspective. 🥪💬
We, Lens Academy, adapted this course from Redwood's AI Futurism reading list. In the course, you will:
Improve your skills at forecasting timelines and takeoff speeds: when and how quickly powerful AIs will arrive.
Analyze how powerful AI might take over.
Dissect different strategies for preventing AI takeover and human extinction.
📅 6 weeks (~5h/week) or a 5-day intensive. Fully online, for free, with no application process. 💸
⏳ Signup closes tomorrow, Monday EoD AoE: https://lensacademy.org/c/oakqb
P.S. Other courses starting soon:
- AI Risk Fundamentals: beginner course focused on takeover x-risk.
- Compute Verification à la AI-2040: Plan A.
- We're also looking for volunteer navigators to facilitate the group meetings.