Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN

AI Safety at Vanderbilt

There isn’t an AI safety group at Vanderbilt yet. We’re looking for the people to lead one.

Vanderbilt has the research, the students, and the ambition to be one of the strongest AI safety communities in the country. It just needs a founding team. If that might be you, tell us about yourself and your interest in AI safety. Where we can help, we offer free early support with first steps, existing resources, or finding co-organizers.

I’m interested Free support, subject to fit and availability

Why Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt’s School of Engineering and its computer science department put real machine learning research on campus, and the university draws ambitious, technically sharp students from across the South and beyond. That kind of talent at a top research university is exactly where an AI safety and alignment community belongs. Right now there isn’t one. Georgia Tech, a few hours south in Atlanta, already has a group; Vanderbilt is a gap on the map.

What you’d be starting.

A real group

A reading group working through alignment research, a cohort running an AI safety fundamentals course, or a technical team building projects. You decide the shape.

Possible early support

We review your answers and consider where we can help with first steps, adapting existing resources, or finding co-organizers. Support is free; availability and format vary.

Outside programs

Pathfinder is one external program university-group organizers can explore. Outside programs make their own admission and funding decisions.

Could you lead it?

Start with your email, then complete the advising application. We’ll review your answers to understand how we may be able to help.

Prefer email? Write to team@aisafetyseeding.org.