AI Safety Opportunity for Politics and IR Researchers and Professionals

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Anders Edson
Sat, May 17, 2025 8:14 PM

Dear EPSA Mailing List Members,

The Center for AI Safety http://safe.ai (CAIS) is looking for academics
and professionals in political science and international relations to join
the Summer 2025 cohort of our AI Safety, Ethics, and Society course
https://www.aisafetybook.com/virtual-course.

Economic and military applications of artificial intelligence have the
potential to disrupt global power dynamics and threaten peace and security.
Professionals and researchers in political science and international
relations have a unique opportunity to leverage their expertise to navigate
these dynamics, shape global norms, and ensure AI is developed and deployed
in ways that promote stability and cooperation.

Our free, fully online course is designed to help more experts in relevant
fields apply their skills to the field of AI safety. The course is based on
a recent textbook https://www.aisafetybook.com/ by Dan Hendrycks
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=czyretsAAAAJ&hl=en, Executive
Director of the Center for AI Safety, advisor to xAI and Scale AI, and
creator of MMLU, a benchmark widely used in AI research.

Key Details:

  • Course Dates: June 23 - Sep 14, 2025
  • *Application Deadline: *May 30, 2025
  • Time Commitment: ~5 hours/week, fully online
  • Format: Fully online and flexible
  • Certificate: Awarded upon completion

You can find the application link and more details here
https://airtable.com/appq3nImmbtx1O3DR/pagWpav7umQjS9lup/form.

Best,

Anders Edson
Program Associate
Center for AI Safety

Dear EPSA Mailing List Members, The Center for AI Safety <http://safe.ai> (CAIS) is looking for academics and professionals in political science and international relations to join the Summer 2025 cohort of our AI Safety, Ethics, and Society course <https://www.aisafetybook.com/virtual-course>. Economic and military applications of artificial intelligence have the potential to disrupt global power dynamics and threaten peace and security. Professionals and researchers in political science and international relations have a unique opportunity to leverage their expertise to navigate these dynamics, shape global norms, and ensure AI is developed and deployed in ways that promote stability and cooperation. Our free, fully online course is designed to help more experts in relevant fields apply their skills to the field of AI safety. The course is based on a recent textbook <https://www.aisafetybook.com/> by Dan Hendrycks <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=czyretsAAAAJ&hl=en>, Executive Director of the Center for AI Safety, advisor to xAI and Scale AI, and creator of MMLU, a benchmark widely used in AI research. *Key Details:* - Course Dates: June 23 - Sep 14, 2025 - *Application Deadline: *May 30, 2025 - Time Commitment: ~5 hours/week, fully online - Format: Fully online and flexible - Certificate: Awarded upon completion You can find the application link and more details here <https://airtable.com/appq3nImmbtx1O3DR/pagWpav7umQjS9lup/form>. Best, Anders Edson Program Associate Center for AI Safety