Announcing Forecasting, Modeling, and Shaping AI Futures -- 21h left to enroll

I didn’t have time to adapt this post from other platforms so it’s a bit marketing-y. Sorry about that. Nevertheless, I think this course will be interesting for some of you! It really has quite a different focus from most AI Safety courses, and is interesting for fellows and AI Safety full-timers too.

Not sure whether you’re actually moving the needle on AI Takeover Risk?

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:
1. Improve your skills at forecasting timelines and takeoff speeds: when and how quickly powerful AIs will arrive.
2. Analyze how powerful AI might take over.
3. 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 today-ish (Monday 3 Aug EoD AoE): Enroll

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.