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CFAR is notable in the AI safety ecosystem as an organization that has introduced many researchers and advocates to the field through rationality training; it is affiliated with MIRI and the broader rationalist community.
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The Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) is a nonprofit organization focused on developing and teaching practical rationality skills to help people think more clearly and make better decisions. CFAR runs workshops and training programs aimed at improving cognitive tools and reasoning abilities. The organization has historically had significant overlap with the AI safety community, training many researchers and advocates.
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- •CFAR offers workshops and programs teaching applied rationality techniques drawn from cognitive science and psychology
- •Has historically served as a pipeline for introducing people to AI safety concerns and the effective altruism community
- •Focuses on practical reasoning skills: calibration, debiasing, goal-setting, and overcoming cognitive limitations
- •Closely affiliated with the rationalist community centered around LessWrong and MIRI
- •Has trained numerous individuals who went on to work in AI safety research and related fields
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#### Upcoming Workshops Information on upcoming 4-day workshops [See more workshop dates](https://www.rationality.org/workshops/upcoming) [Apply to one of our workshops](https://www.rationality.org/workshops/apply) ["I went to the July workshop. I think it was probably the most useful week of my life in terms of exposure to things I could be doing to be more productive and effective."\\ \\ — Ben Toner, CEO of Draftable](https://www.rationality.org/workshops/testimonials#ben-toner) ["As a founder of a company with a similar mission to CFAR’s – making people more awesome – ... CFAR’s Rationality for Entrepreneurs workshop did not disappoint."\\ \\ — Daniel Reeves, Co-Founder of Beeminder](https://www.rationality.org/workshops/testimonials#daniel-reeves) Number of workshop alumni 1317 and counting Average participant rating based on the question "Are you glad you came?" 9.2 out of 10 Increased life satisfaction 0.17σ after 1 year [Read more in our longitudinal study](https://www.rationality.org/studies/2015-longitudinal-study#life-satisfaction) Organizations we've collaborated with [](http://80000hours.org/) [](http://beeminder.com/) [](http://bellroy.com/) [](http://berkeley.edu/) [](http://bigthink.com/) [](http://centreforeffectivealtruism.org/) [](http://facebook.com/) [](http://heroku.com/) [](http://intelligence.org/) [](http://personalmba.com/) [](http://plexuslaw.co.uk/) [](https://futureoflife.org/) [](http://scet.berkeley.edu/) [](http://thielfellowship.org/) [](http://trikeapps.com/) [](http://zerocater.com/)
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