AI Safety Awareness Project

The AI Safety Awareness Project (AISAP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to raising public awareness about modern AI, its benefits and risks, and the vital role that communities play in shaping its development. The organization's core belief is: if AI is going to affect society, then society should have a voice. ASAP offers free AI safety seminars and workshops designed for audiences ranging from those with no AI background to cutting-edge researchers. Their programs target a wide range of institutions including law enforcement agencies, public libraries, churches, universities, and the general public. Workshops cover topics such as where AI is heading over the next 1-5 years, AI regulation analysis, the AGI transition, intelligence explosion concepts, mechanistic interpretability, AI agents, and loss-of-control risk. The organization operates under three pillars: Situational Awareness (partnering with industry experts to inform organizations about frontier AI research), Hands-On Skills (providing practical AI safety education), and Proactive Decision Making (helping organizations build internal expertise to independently assess AI developments). ASAP has held workshops in dozens of U.S. cities including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Washington D.C., Austin, Philadelphia, Charlotte, Oakland, Phoenix, and Asheville, as well as events in the UK. All public workshops are free and hosted in accessible community venues such as public libraries. The team is small and distributed, with key members including Noah Wilson (Director of Operations, formerly at Boeing), Andres Ramirez (partnerships, based in Chicago), Madeline McBride (Director of Special Projects), Max Chiswick (AI/ML background, AI Safety Camp alumnus), and Changlin Li (formerly at Bridgewater Associates and Vowel.com). The organization received 501(c)(3) recognition from the IRS in 2025 and is registered at a Seattle, WA address.