TECHNICAL AI SAFETY
Start building safer AI
Understand current safety techniques. Map the gaps. Identify where you can contribute. Get funded to start shipping. All in 30 hours.
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Who this course is for
For ML researchers who want to take big bets on the most impactful research ideas.
For policy professionals who need deep technical understanding to build governance solutions.
For leaders who want to drive high-impact safety work.
Curriculum Overview
How this course will benefit you
Take action in less than 30 hours
Skip months of scattered reading. This Technical AI Safety course gives you a structured overview of key safety techniques. Understand what works, what fails, and where the gaps are. You'll finish with a fundable plan.
Join a network of builders
This course isn't for everyone. We're building a community of people who are energised to take ambitious actions to make AI go well, including starting new companies, policy entrepreneurship, and high-impact research bets. Completing this course will give you access to this community.
Get funded to accelerate your impact
If your final course proposal is strong, you'll receive $10-50k to kickstart your transition into impactful work, and you'll be invited to co-work with us in London for 1-2 weeks. We'll do whatever it takes to accelerate your journey.
Course information
Options
Intensive: 6-day course (5h/day)
Part-time: 6-week course (5h/week)
Commitment
Each day or week, you will:
Complete 2-3 hours of reading and writing, and join ~8 peers in a 2-hour Zoom meeting to discuss the content.
Facilitator
All discussions will be facilitated by an AI safety expert.
Price
This course is freely available and operates on a "pay-what-you-want" model.
Schedule
Part-time round starts 17 Nov, application deadline 9 Nov
"We should not underestimate the real threats coming from AI [while] we have a narrowing window of opportunity to guide this technology responsibly."
"We should not underestimate the real threats coming from AI [while] we have a narrowing window of opportunity to guide this technology responsibly."
Meet our alumni shaping AI's future
Our students and graduates work at some of the most respectable AI organizations in the world. Here are a few of the people who graduated from Blue Dot:
Frequently Asked Questions
Our 2-hour, self-paced AI Foundations course will give you enough background.
The AGI Strategy course shows how technical safety fits into the broader strategy for making AI go well. Technical safety is one component among many.
Our courses are the main entry point into the AI safety field.
We're an intense 4-person team. We've raised $35M in total, including $25M in 2025.
