Free, residential workshops on the risks from advanced AI and what to do about them. Separate cohorts for students and for working professionals, plus workshops on topics like biosecurity and policy. Travel, accommodation and meals are covered.
Choose your workshop
Every workshop starts from the same question: how do we make the arrival of advanced AI go well?
Undergraduates, grad students & recent graduates
An introduction to the core arguments about risks from advanced AI and how people early in their careers can contribute. A few hours of pre-reading puts everyone on the same footing, and you’ll meet peers from dozens of universities.
Mid- and senior-career professionals
A faster-paced workshop for engineers, consultants, lawyers, civil servants, NGO staff and others thinking seriously about moving their careers toward AI safety.
Students & professionals · one theme
Workshops built around a single area where AI risk meets your field, with AI safety as the common thread.
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Each workshop brings 10 to 20 experts from AI labs, research nonprofits, government and funders. They talk about what they’re working on and what they’re still unsure about.
Much of the weekend happens in small groups. You test the arguments against each other, disagree out loud, and change your mind when you should.
Guests are there to talk with you, not just at you. Book time to work through your own path: which roles, which organizations, what to read or build next.
Shared meals, walks between sessions, and the core conversations reflecting on sessions.
Follow-up introductions and recommendations. You also get connected to other Kairos programs like SPAR, Pathfinder and the Generator Residency.
Aaron Scher
Technical Governance Researcher, MIRI
Abbey Chaver
Associate Program Officer, Coefficient Giving
Ada Lin
Program Manager, Constellation
Alex Spies
Member of Technical Staff, FAR.AI
Alexandra Bates
Interim Director of Convening, Constellation
Aric Floyd
Host of AI in Context, 80,000 Hours
Aryan Bhatt
Member of Technical Staff, Redwood Research
Asya Bergal
Associate Program Officer, Coefficient Giving
Buck Shlegeris
CEO, Redwood Research
Chris Bakerlee
Associate Program Officer, Coefficient Giving
Daniel Kokotajlo
Executive Director, AI Futures Project
Jess Bergs
Tech Lead, UK AI Security Institute
Jim Chapman
Operations Director, MATS
Joshua Landes
Head of Special Projects, BlueDot Impact
Lauren Mangla
Managing Director, AI Futures Project
Lily Stelling
Technical Officer, EU AI Office
Matt Putz
Member of Technical Staff, METR
McKenna Fitzgerald
External Relations, Americans for Responsible Innovation
Michael Aird
AI Program Director, Longview Philanthropy
Neel Nanda
Mechanistic Interpretability Lead, Google DeepMind
Rachel Weinberg
Senior Program Manager, Constellation
Renan Araujo
Director of Programs, Institute for AI Policy and Strategy
Ryan Greenblatt
Member of Technical Staff, METR
Sydney von Arx
Founder and CEO, Nightingale
Past guests have also worked at Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, the UK AI Security Institute, RAND, Redwood Research, METR, GovAI, SecureBio, Blueprint Biosecurity, the UN Biological Weapons Convention, Longview Philanthropy, 80,000 Hours and MATS. Guests appear in a personal capacity.
“GCP has single-handedly changed my whole trajectory.”
“Genuinely more insights in this past ~52 hours than an entire semester at school.”
“I thought the workshop was amazing. After spending so much time engaging with AI safety material myself, actually being able to talk about it with people like me, and people working in the field, felt wonderful. It also made the thought that I could potentially contribute feel more real, too.”
“I thought the workshop was wonderfully well organised, and provided a deeply rewarding, useful and stimulating experience. It brought together a fantastic cohort of attendees, and a very impressive line-up of speakers. I have come away with so many new ideas and fresh clarity on future paths.”
“The workshop was incredibly energizing for me, I feel a lot more confident about my direction in AI safety research and about the next steps I should take. I also met so many brilliant people and made a couple of really lovely new friends that I’ve stayed in touch with after the event.”
“The speakers and the participants were truly inspiring, this is the type of community where you will stay up until 2 am to have conversations about history, culture and philosophy. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn in a friendly and accepting environment and challenge their ideas about how they could have a positive impact.”
Anyone interested in learning more about AI safety, from anywhere in the world. We run separate workshops for students and for working professionals, so apply to the one that matches where you are, or register interest if none fits yet.
The workshop is free, and travel, accommodation and meals are provided. We ask for a $100 deposit, which you get back after attending.
Some basic familiarity with AI safety helps, but apply no matter how much you already know. There are a few hours of pre-reading so everyone arrives with a shared foundation.
Around 25 to 35 attendees, with 10 to 20 invited experts, so there’s real time for small groups and one-on-ones.
People working on AI safety and adjacent fields, from frontier labs, research nonprofits, government bodies and funders.
Write to us at contact@kairos-project.org.