Almost two months ago, Iliad announced the Iliad Intensive and Iliad Fellowship. Fellowships are a well-understood unit, but what is an intensive? This post explains this in more detail!

Comparison. The Iliad Intensive has similarities to ARENA, but focuses more on foundational AI alignment research instead of alignment research engineering. Expect more math and less coding.

Rhythm. It's currently four weeks long. Five days a week. 10am till 6pm every day, with lunch and an afternoon break. This makes for around 6.5 hours of learning a day, which is at the upper end of how long most people can concentrate deeply within a day. This is why we call it “Intensive”.

Content. The Iliad Intensive is broken into five clusters, with 20 total modules, one for each day. The clusters and modules in the April iteration are below. We expect to add substantially more topics and material over the coming months. There is much more material than can be covered in a single month, so different Intensives will vary in content.

Alignment Cluster
- AI Alignment: an Introduction
- Alignment in Practice
- AI Alignment: The Field
Learning Cluster
- Deep Learning 1
- Deep Learning 2
- Singular Learning [...]

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First published:
April 15th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/moG6k8mJiGvH4zc8j/what-is-the-iliad-intensive

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“What is the Iliad Intensive?” by Leon Lang, Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel, David Udell

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“What is the Iliad Intensive?” by Leon Lang, Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel, David Udell