AI Safety Collab 2025 - Feedback on Plans & Expression of Interest

By Evander H. 🔸, gergo, ENAIS @ 2025-01-07T16:41 (+30)

TLDR:

We are organising a coordination program for AI Safety courses. If you are running a group you can join to save time on ops and receive support with promoting your program. For now, we are gathering Expressions of interest from groups and volunteer facilitators, you can sign up here.

We're planning our next iteration of AI Safety Collab and want to shape it according to AI safety group and participant needs. This is not a registration form - we're gathering feedback to optimize our approach. The broader case for such an initiative is made in this post, so here we will just outline what we offer and how you or your group can join.

This form will take about 3 - 10 minutes to complete.

Our Current Plan:

• Timeline: March-May 2025
• Structure: 8 weeks course discussion groups + 4 weeks optional project competition
• Format: Weekly discussion groups (5-10 people)
• Options: CAIS curriculum, BlueDot materials or Atlas course
• Locations: Both local (where possible) and online groups

Key Features:

• Peer facilitation model
• Flexible implementation
• Project-based learning
• Community integration

Previous Success:

• 63% completion rate in recent cohorts
• 8.9/10 average satisfaction rating
• Multiple new local groups formed
• Strong career transition outcomes
• More about us can be found here: TBA

We welcome input from:

• Potential local organizers
• Future facilitators
• Interested participants
• Current AI safety community members

Theory of change of this form:

• By January 19, 2025: we get your preferences and feedback
• By January 20, 2025: Initial Analysis
• By latest February 15, 2025: We send you mail with final project outline and next steps

Soft deadline: January 19, 2025

Hard deadline: February 15, 2025