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Make AI Safety vocabulary stick

AI Safety articles often assume you already know terms like prompt injection, evaluation and alignment. When you do not, the ideas can be hard to follow.

This Anki deck gives each term a plain-language meaning, a memory hook and a linked source. Anki is great at helping you memorise lots of new information in a manageable way. Just a few minutes of study each day makes a huge difference.

FRONTprompt injection

BACK

MEANINGInput that tries to make an AI system follow instructions outside its intended task or instruction hierarchy. It can come directly from a user or through external content.

Remember: A webpage tells a browsing agent to ignore its user and reveal stored secrets.

Distinction: A webpage or file carrying the attack is indirect prompt injection. A jailbreak tries to defeat safety rules.

Definition: OWASP: Prompt Injection

Links on the back let you check the definition and any examples. For debated terms, a short note explains how people use the term.

YOU’LL NEED

Anki desktop app

STEP BY STEP

THE WORKFLOW

3 STEPS

Download and import

1.1 Download the Anki deck. Don’t unzip it.

Download the deck

Light-mode Anki controls showing the Import File button — **1.2** Choose **Import File**, then open **ai-safety-vocabulary.apkg**.

Light-mode Anki import options for ai-safety-vocabulary.apkg, showing Import any deck presets and Import — **1.3**
Turn **Import any deck presets** on
Choose **Import**

Start with Core

Light-mode Anki deck list showing AI Safety Vocabulary and its three levels — **2.1** Open the **AI Safety Vocabulary** deck.

Light-mode AI Safety Vocabulary deck screen with Study Now — **2.2** Select **Study Now**. Anki introduces up to eight new Core cards each day and brings back cards for review.

Open the next level

Light-mode Anki deck list showing 02 Intermediate beneath 01 Core — **3.1** When ready for more terms, select **02 Intermediate** on the deck screen.

Light-mode Anki Options button for the Intermediate deck — **3.2** On the **02 Intermediate** deck screen, choose **Options**.

Light-mode Intermediate options showing Daily Limits, a zero New cards/day Preset and Save — **3.3**
Under **Daily Limits**, change **New cards/day** from 0 to 8 in **Preset**
Choose **Save**

After saving, open 02 Intermediate and choose Study Now to start its new cards. Study AI Safety Vocabulary for reviews across the levels you’ve started. Later, unlock 03 Advanced by changing its New cards/day setting the same way.

A few terms at a time

Anki adjusts each card’s next review to how well you remembered it. Hard terms come back sooner; familiar ones wait longer. Regular practice makes these new terms easier to recall next time a term comes up.