Recommended Resources

Learn more about careers in AI Governance

These additional resources can help give a sense of the range of career paths within the field of AI governance, and how different skills can be leveraged to contribute.

• Career Review: AI Governance and Policy by 80,000 Hours

  This detailed guide is essential reading for anyone considering a career in this space. It describes a wider range of career paths, specific career steps, and how to have the biggest positive impact.

• FAQs and General Advice on AI Policy Careers by Miles Brundage (ex OpenAI)

  Miles Brundage held senior policy roles at OpenAI for six years. He gives a thorough description of working in policy and different jobs, as well as his best advice.

• AI Policy Career Profiles from Emerging Technology Policy. You can read about the careers and experiences of a wider range of AI governance professionals from a wider range of backgrounds.

• So you want to be a policy entrepreneur?

  This article describes policy entrepreneurs as energetic actors who engage in collaborative efforts in and around government to promote policy innovations. It summarises what makes for effective policy entrepreneurship and offers insights for those who aspire to be policy entrepreneurs.

Learn more about AI Governance

Here are a few resources we have found useful for developing an in-depth understanding of issues in AI Governance.

• The AI Safety Fundamentals AI Governance Course, by BlueDot Impact
  This curriculum teaches up-to-date and core information about the risks arising from future AI systems and proposed governance interventions to address them. Their facilitated course is highly recommended for anyone looking to understand AI governance and begin work to advance their career in the space.

• The Oxford Handbook of AI Governance, Bullock, Justin B., and others (eds), Oxford Handbooks (2024; online edn, Oxford Academic, 14 Feb. 2022)

• A list of AI policy resources from Emerging Technology Policy.
  This includes readings and lists of think tanks, fellowships, and more. It is an excellent list of introductory and advanced resources for anyone, even though it is somewhat US-focused.

Further opportunities for students

These opportunities are complimentary to the Fast Track

• The AI Safety Fundamentals AI Governance Course, by BlueDot Impact. The facilitated course teaches you the topic, connects you with others at your level and above, and takes you through a project.

• SPAR – work on a part-time supervised AI safety/governance project for 3 months.

• Effective Thesis supports students who want to choose a thesis topic that makes a more valuable contribution to a topic in AI governance.