Most members start with a fellowship.
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After a fellowship, you can apply to become a member. How membership works.
Past fellows have mostly been Harvard undergraduate, master's and graduate students, as well as postdocs. We occasionally accept students from other Boston-area universities, and non-student professionals are welcome to apply, especially to the summer fellowship.
Technical if you want to read machine learning research (some ML background is a plus). Policy if you're interested in governance and strategy (no technical background needed). AI × Biorisk if you want to understand how AI is changing biological risk (an AI or life-science background is a plus). You can take more than one.
One two-hour session a week for nine weeks, with meals provided.
We usually receive several hundred applications a semester and accept around half.
Anything else: