The leading structured course on AI alignment, combining curated readings with weekly facilitated small-group discussions and a capstone project. Aimed at engineers, researchers and policy people who want to move into AI safety work.
Who it's for
Everyone — especially policymakers, leaders, and researchers. This is an intermediate course in AI Ethics, Safety & Policy, running about 12 weeks, approx. 5 hrs/week (8 weeks learning plus 4-week project).
Cost at a glance
Free. BlueDot's cohort courses are free and philanthropically funded; participants apply and are placed in facilitated discussion groups. Seen 2026-11-01.
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