Sean Ahrens

AI safety & ecosystem building

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Ways into AI safety

BlueDot ImpactFree online courses to learn AI safety → AISafety.comDirectory of programs, jobs, and communities → 80,000 Hours job boardCurated roles working on AI safety and other top problems → EA GlobalConferences for the effective altruism community →

Programs & incubators

Generator Residency3-month launchpad for AI safety generalists in Berkeley (Kairos × Constellation) → MATS — Founding & Field-BuildingFunded track to launch a new AI safety initiative → Catalyze ImpactIncubator for new AI safety organizations → Navigators IncubatorCoefficient Giving — incubator for new projects navigating transformative AI →

Start an AI safety org

Why you should start (or join) an AI Safety OrgMy slides from Edge Esmeralda 2026 → Org-founding talk (Jake Mendel)Made for MATS founders, so not broadly applicable — but a signal of where Coefficient Giving is at → AISafety.com: Founder toolkitIncubators, fiscal sponsors, VCs, and practical tools → AI Safety & EntrepreneurshipLessWrong wiki — writing from people who’ve started orgs → The Anthropic IPO is coming. We aren’t ready for it.EA Forum post on what the field needs to build now →

Problem areas

Concrete projects in AGI preparednessForethought — a catalog of high-impact projects to take on → Preparing for LaunchInstitute for Progress — an anthology of concrete AI R&D projects to ship by 2030 → Bio Action PlanA 5-year plan of record to defend against catastrophic biological threats → The AI Infrastructure Security ShortlistNeglected, high-impact AI security problems that need cybersecurity talent → Key Problems in AI Infrastructure SecurityA shortlist of high-stakes AI security problems with few experts →