Frontier AI Governance
Build the judgment to help shape how frontier AI is governed. Assess evidence, compare competing strategies, and test your ideas through practical exercises and discussion. Leave with a concrete plan for how you can contribute.
Frontier AI Governance
Build the judgment to help shape how frontier AI is governed. Assess evidence, compare competing strategies, and test your ideas through practical exercises and discussion. Leave with a concrete plan for how you can contribute.
BlueDot alumni work at
- Time
- 40 hours
- Pace
- 6 days or 6 weeks
- Format
- Online, small cohort
- Price
- Free
Who this course is for
Technical people exploring governance
You work with AI as an engineer, researcher, product manager, or founder, and want to understand how your technical skills could inform policy and institutional decisions.Professionals with institutional experience
You work in policy, law, national security, economics, diplomacy, journalism, or a related field, and want to bring informed judgment on frontier AI to your work.People considering their next step
You are exploring research, fellowships, further study, or a career in AI governance, and want to test your interest through substantive work and discussion.
What you'll actually do
Unit 1: Assess frontier AI evidence
Read selected system-card sections alongside independent evaluations. Write briefings for decision-makers and take part in a simulated oversight board.View Unit 1Unit 2: Map institutions and power
Map who can act on frontier AI, where their power depends on others, and where institutional gaps or policy windows create opportunities.View Unit 2Unit 3: Compare governance strategies
Compare competing approaches to governing frontier AI. Reconstruct arguments you disagree with and examine what would change your view.View Unit 3Unit 4: Test proposals under pressure
Stress-test governance ideas against accelerating capabilities, competition between labs and states, and the concentration of power.View Unit 4Unit 5: Defend a position
Your group chooses one debate: open-weight models or restraining frontier AI development. Read competing arguments, write a position, and defend it in discussion.View Unit 5Unit 6: Plan your contribution
Assess your skills and opportunities. Get peer feedback on a concrete 30-day action and a six-month plan for contributing to AI governance.View Unit 6
How it works
Preparation
No previous BlueDot course is required. Some familiarity with AI capabilities and risks will help. Come ready to read critically, write, and defend and revise your views.Time
Around 40 hours total across six units. Each unit includes 4–5 hours of readings and exercises and a two-hour live discussion with a small cohort, led by a Teaching Fellow working in AI governance.
Dates and format
Choose a six-day intensive or a six-week part-time cohort. Both cover the same material: around 6–7 hours per day or week, including preparation and live discussion. There is no fixed time. We run many groups across time zones. Once you apply, you will provide your availability and we will try our best to match you with a group that fits your schedule.
After the course
Join the wider BlueDot alumni community to exchange ideas, find collaborators, and hear about jobs and fellowships. Use your course roadmap to choose your next step, whether that means research, a policy role, further study, or a project of your own.
Where relevant, explore BlueDot's Rapid Grants and Career Transition Grants. Interested in teaching? See facilitation opportunities.