AI Safety Residential Community
Centre for Enabling EA Learning & Research (CEEALAR)UKGlobal catastrophic risksAI safetyResearch
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Why this is on the board
CEEALAR pays for your room and board in Blackpool (England), so that you can work full-time on AI safety for six weeks to a year: preventing powerful AI systems from causing serious harm. You can do this without first having to find a job or a grant. The leverage lies mainly in what comes afterwards: the knowledge, the network and the demonstrable work of your own that let you find a lasting place in this field.
About the role
A residential community for researchers and builders working on existential risk reduction, offering subsidised or market-rate accommodation and collaborative workspace. - Complete independent research or project work with optional community programming during initial 6-week stay, extendable to 12 months. - Join 15–20 aligned researchers and changemakers; engage authentically in collaborative environment and community activities. - Requires clear strategic vision for existential risk reductio…
Requirements
| Language | English is enough |
|---|---|
| Work authorisation | Unclear |
| Screening | Not mentioned |
| Where you work | UK |
| Level | Entry level |
| Stipend | Not stated |
| Posted | 11 August 2026 |
| Closes | No closing date given |
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