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Curated courses, reading lists, career guidance, and community resources to help you contribute to AI safety in Zambia and Africa.
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These courses provide structured learning paths from beginner to advanced levels. Most are free and self-paced.
AI Safety Fundamentals
BlueDot Impact
8-week course covering alignment, governance, and technical AI safety. Split into technical and governance tracks.
AGI Safety Fundamentals
AI Safety Fundamentals
Comprehensive introduction to existential risk from AI, alignment problems, and current research directions.
ARENA (Alignment Research Engineer Accelerator)
ARENA Education
Self-paced curriculum covering deep learning fundamentals, mechanistic interpretability, and RL for AI alignment research engineering.
Superintelligence 101
Lens Academy
Interactive, tutor-guided course on why superintelligence poses existential risk, what makes alignment hard, and how to think about solutions. Completely free.
Introduction to ML Safety
Center for AI Safety
Technical course covering robustness, monitoring, alignment, and systemic safety. Includes coding assignments.
AI Safety, Ethics & Society
CAIS
Comprehensive course on how AI systems work, their societal-scale risks, and how to manage them.
Superintelligence Course
Superintelligence.courses
Guide to solving alignment problems that scale to superintelligence, requiring well-specified proposals and strong theoretical understanding.
AI Alignment Course
AISafety.com
75-minute course covering alignment problems expected as AI capabilities advance. Includes recorded talks, exercises, and workbook.
Essential readings in AI safety.
Curated papers, essays, and books organized by topic. Start with "Getting Started" and explore areas that interest you.
Getting Started
View Full ListAI Alignment Forum: Curated Sequences
Various (Richard Ngo, Paul Christiano, etc.)
Curated sequences featuring foundational work in AI alignment.
AGI Safety from First Principles
Richard Ngo
Clear introduction to why AGI safety is hard and what we need to solve.
Concrete Problems in AI Safety
Amodei et al.
Foundational paper outlining key technical safety challenges.
The Alignment Problem
Brian Christian
Comprehensive book on AI alignment for general audiences.
Technical Safety
View Full ListIntroduction to ML Safety
Center for AI Safety
PhD-level survey course covering robustness, monitoring, control, and systemic safety.
ARENA Curriculum
ARENA Education
Deep learning fundamentals, mechanistic interpretability, and RL for alignment research.
Unsolved Problems in ML Safety
Hendrycks et al.
Overview of open technical problems in machine learning safety.
Risks from Learned Optimization
Hubinger et al.
Deep dive into mesa-optimization and inner alignment problems.
Governance & Policy
View Full ListBlueDot Impact: AI Governance
BlueDot Impact
8-week course on AI governance, policy, and strategy.
Computing Power and the Governance of AI
Sastry et al.
How compute governance can reduce AI risks.
Model Evaluation for Extreme Risks
Shevlane et al.
Framework for evaluating dangerous capabilities in AI systems.
International AI Safety Report
Multiple Countries
Comprehensive review of AI capabilities and risks.
African Context
View Full ListAI Safety Atlas
Centre pour la Sécurité de l'IA
Comprehensive textbook mapping AI safety knowledge landscape.
Toward an African Agenda for AI Safety
UCT AI Institute
Why African participation matters for global AI safety.
Zambia National AI Strategy 2024-2026
Government of Zambia
National framework for AI development and governance.
Safe AI Lab Africa
Safe AI Lab Africa
AI safety research under resource constraints and weak institutions.
Build a career in AI safety.
Multiple pathways exist for contributing to AI safety. Find the one that matches your skills and interests.
AI Safety Researcher
Conduct technical research on alignment, interpretability, robustness, and other safety challenges.
Key Skills
Pathways
- • PhD in ML/AI with safety focus
- • Research engineer at AI safety org
- • Independent research with grants
AI Policy & Governance
Develop policy frameworks, engage with governments, and shape AI regulation.
Key Skills
Pathways
- • Policy researcher at think tank
- • Government AI advisor
- • International organization (UN, AU)
AI Safety Field Builder
Build communities, run programs, and grow the AI safety ecosystem in Africa.
Key Skills
Pathways
- • Start local AI safety group
- • Run educational programs
- • Build AI safety organization
AI Safety Engineer
Build tools, infrastructure, and systems for safer AI development and deployment.
Key Skills
Pathways
- • Safety team at AI lab
- • Build safety evaluation tools
- • Red teaming and auditing
Join the global AI safety community.
Connect with researchers, practitioners, and others working on AI safety worldwide.
AI Alignment Slack
Largest real-time community for AI safety discussions and opportunities.
5,000+LessWrong
Forum for rationality and AI safety research discussion.
Active communityAI Safety Forum
Dedicated forum for AI safety research and discussion.
GrowingEffective Altruism Forum
Discussion of AI risk alongside other existential risks.
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