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Get Involved
Ways to Get Involved
Intro to AI Safety Fellowship
Build a foundation in AI safety through a weekly reading and discussion group covering advanced AI risks and current safety research. Dinner is provided, there is no mandatory reading outside the fellowship, and participants may complete an optional capstone project.
AI Policy Fellowship
Explore AI policy and governance in a weekly cohort covering technical foundations, frontier policy, national security, safety regulation, corporate governance, and careers. Dinner is provided, with 0-30 minutes of weekly reading and an optional capstone project.
VAISI Membership
Join VAISI's core community. Strong applicants will have completed a VAISI fellowship or have equivalent experience. Members are expected to remain active through events, socials, co-working, workshops, and competitions.
Membership benefits
- Members-only Slack
- 1:1 career advising and mentorship
- Preferential access to travel grants for conferences such as EA Global and ControlConf
- Applications for compute grants
- Biweekly exclusive socials with catered food, games, movies, discussions, and occasional special guests
- Member-only talks and networking opportunities
- Weekly member meetings discussing recent news and papers in AI safety, security, and policy
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Faculty & Advisors
Are you a UVA professor or faculty member interested in AI governance and alignment? We are looking for passionate advisors and faculty champions to help guide our mission. Your expertise and mentorship would be invaluable to our community.
Contact us at vaisi.club@gmail.com