The goal of SAIRC is to help students without connections or resources learn about AI. We publish a free research journal and write research resource guides to help students. We also offer free AI classes for Austin-area seniors. SAIRC has impacted thousands of students and seniors all over the world.
Counted in September 2026 from our membership form, the posts on this site and our analytics, with a note on each one saying exactly what it was counted from.
the workshops one is our favourite
Doing AI research without existing connections or mentorship is extremely difficult. For instance, posting to arXiv without institutional endorsements is banned, and many journals require university affiliations. Additionally, finding high-quality research ideas and conducting experiments properly requires large amounts of prior knowledge. To solve these problems, we take the following actions:
We maintain an unofficial journal for students to submit their own research or other interesting papers they've read. We currently have 49 papers, all of which are free to read. Send us yours.
Members post explainers, notes from courses they have taken, and ideas they are still working through, and it has become the most-read part of the site. Browse the posts.
Our free guides cover how to find a research question, access free compute resources, keep a logbook, cold-email professors, and more. Nearly all of these resources have been written by us. Read them.
6 free workshops so far, covering how to use a chatbot and how to recognise the AI scams aimed at people who have never used one. How they work.
Pew found that 77% of Americans over 65 have never used an AI chatbot, and over the same period the FBI recorded $7.7 billion lost to online fraud by that age group. We run free 45-minute sessions at community centres, and everyone leaves with a chatbot working on their own phone.
We are asking middle school, high school and undergraduate instructors what they make of AI in classrooms, how much they use it themselves, and what they wish someone had explained to them earlier.
Open the survey in Google Forms
This form is intended for middle & high school teachers and undergraduate professors. It's fully anonymous, takes under 5 minutes, and the results will be written up in a future post.
One issue a month covering what went up and which deadlines are close. It is put together by whoever on the team has time.
As deep-learning frameworks grow more capable, understanding the mechanisms behind their emergent behaviors is critical for safety. Mechanis…
This research article presents a novel theoretical framework designed to model and experimentally evaluate synthetic consciousness via a dua…
Finding a research idea is usually the hardest part of the whole process. This guide walks through narrowing your focus and finding a gap you can fill.
Develop a clear account of what each experiment is supposed to show before the experiments start, saving time and producing stronger research.
Membership is free and takes about a minute. You get the newsletter and the run of the forum.