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<h1> Introduction to ML Safety</h1>
ML systems are rapidly increasing in size, are acquiring new capabilities, and are increasingly deployed in high-stakes settings. As with other powerful technologies, safety for ML should be a leading research priority. In this course we'll discuss how researchers can shape the process that will lead to strong AI systems and steer that process in a safer direction. We'll cover various technical topics to reduce existential risks (X-Risks) from strong AI, namely withstanding hazards ("Robustness"), identifying hazards ("Monitoring"), reducing inherent ML system hazards ("Control"), and reducing systemic hazards ("Systemic Safety"). At the end, we will zoom out and discuss additional abstract existential hazards and discuss how to increase safety without unintended side effects. For the course content and assignments, refer to the <a href='https://course.mlsafety.org/calendar/'>schedule</a>.
ML systems are rapidly increasing in size, are acquiring new capabilities, and are increasingly deployed in high-stakes settings. As with other powerful technologies, safety for ML should be a leading research priority. In this course we'll discuss how researchers can shape the process that will lead to strong AI systems and steer that process in a safer direction. We'll cover various technical topics to reduce existential risks (X-Risks) from strong AI, namely withstanding hazards ("Robustness"), identifying hazards ("Monitoring"), reducing inherent ML system hazards ("Control"), and reducing systemic hazards ("Systemic Safety"). At the end, we will zoom out and discuss additional abstract existential hazards and discuss how to increase safety without unintended side effects. For the course content and assignments, refer to the <a href='https://course.mlsafety.org/'>schedule</a>.

## Prerequisites
This is a topics course in machine learning, so a solid background in Machine Learning and Deep Learning is necessary. If you don't have this background, we recommend Week 1-6 of <a target="_blank" href="https://openlearninglibrary.mit.edu/courses/course-v1:MITx+6.036+1T2019/course/">MIT 6.036</a> followed by Lectures 1-13 of the <a href="https://web.eecs.umich.edu/~justincj/teaching/eecs498/FA2019/schedule.html">University of Michigan's EECS498</a> or Week 1-6 and 11-12 of <a target="_blank" href="https://atcold.github.io/NYU-DLSP20/">NYU's Deep Learning</a>.
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