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• Programs:
• Apart Research runs monthly online hackathons.
• The following programs have open applications:
• MARS (Applications open until Nov 24)
• CHAI Research Fellowship (Rolling applications)
• Sign up to hear about future rounds of the following programs:
• SPAR
• BASIS
• LASR Labs
• PIBBSS (until Feb 25)

• Courses: Applications are currently open for the AI Safety Fundamentals Governance Course (closing Jan 5). The Global Challenges Project runs regular AI safety workshops with rolling applications. We recommend checking AISafety.com’s courses for self study resources and to stay up to date with new course offerings.

• Self-study: We recommend AISF and CAIS’ Introduction to ML Safety Course and textbook. For building technical skills, we recommend ARENA.

• Careers: We recommend 80,000 Hours’ career guide and podcast series. The 80,000 Hours Job Board, and the EA Opportunities Board list jobs relevant to AI risk mitigation. Also, we recommend this post on building aptitudes.

• Funding: The Long Term Future Fund, Open Philanthropy, Manifund, Founders Pledge, Cooperative AI Foundation, and Foresight Institute can fund you to pursue independent research projects or develop your skills. Y Combinator has a request for startups in explainable AI. Entrepeneur First has a def/acc startup accelerator program.

• Academia: If you plan to write a thesis, or are doing other independent research, Effective Thesis can help you find a high-impact topic along and mentorship. We recommend reaching out to these academics for research projects in AI safety.

• Community: LessWrong is a great platform for sharing ideas and getting feedback from the community and the AI Alignment Slack is good for finding collaborators. For office space, you can apply to FAR Labs in Berkeley and LISA in London.

• Resources: See Arkose’s, BlueDot Impact’s, and AISafety.com’s lists. For staying informed about the latest developments in AI safety, we recommend the Don’t Worry About the Vase, Transformer, ACX, and Import AI blogs and the 80,000 Hours, Dwarkesh, AXRP, and Inside View podcasts.

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