Applications Invited for FLF’s incubator fellowship on AI for human reasoning

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About the Organization

Our mission is to steer transformative technology towards benefiting life and away from extreme large-scale risks.

About the Fellowship

FLF’s incubator fellowship on AI for human reasoning will help talented researchers and builders start working on AI tools for coordination and epistemics. Participants will scope out and work on pilot projects in this area, with discussion and guidance from experts working in related fields. FLF will provide fellows with a $25k–$50k stipend, the opportunity to work in a shared office in the SF Bay Area, and other support.

Technology shapes the world we live in today. The technologies we develop now — especially AI-powered technologies — will shape the world of tomorrow.

We are concerned that humanity may fumble this ball. High stakes and rapid, dynamic, changes mean that leaders and other decision-makers may be disoriented, misunderstand the situation, or fail to coordinate on necessary actions — and steer the world into gradual or acute catastrophe.

The right technology could help. The rise of modern AI systems unlocks prospects for big improvements here; AI tools might help everyone track the state of play, make decisions they stand behind, and act in sync with others. This could defuse race dynamics, prevent narrowly-interested cliques from exploiting less coordinated groups, and avoid catastrophic errors of judgement.

We believe:

• The world is radically underinvested in these beneficial applications;
• Many people have not yet had the space to take these prospects seriously.

This situation calls for ambitious and creative efforts. Our fellowship — somewhere between a research fellowship and a startup incubator — is designed to address this. Fellows will explore and discuss potential beneficial applications, and then build roadmaps and prototypes. We will empower them by providing resources, advice, and connections.

At the end of the fellowship, we will invite people to present their work to potential funders (including us) and others working in this space. We hope that the fellowship gives space for seeds to germinate — and in some cases then grow into new organizations pursuing pivotal new capabilities. With sufficiently good tools, we might steer away from a world in which humans are increasingly irrelevant, towards one with deep institutional competence and individual empowerment.

Eligibility

We are looking for talented people who might help found new projects in AI for human reasoning. We think that AI progress is sufficiently fast that many people should be rethinking their plans and exploring building tech that differentially empowers humans.

There’s no specific background we’re hoping to find in applicants’ CVs. We're especially interested in candidates who bring a depth of relevant experience, and have a history of successfully executing on projects, whether in research or industry. We’d love to get your application if you:

• Want to use your time to help humanity navigate transformative AI
• Are happy thinking about fuzzy, complicated topics
• Have a “doer” mentality; you figure out what needs to happen and make sure it does
• Have technical, entrepreneurial, or domain-specific skills that could push this area forward, for instance one or more of:
  • A background in ML 
  • Experience in HCI research, or building useful tools for thought
  • Experience working on engineering or product teams
  • Experience as a founder or early employee in a startup
  • An aptitude for strategy research or distillation

If this fellowship speaks to you but you aren’t sure if you’re qualified, please err on the side of applying, and feel free to reach out with any questions. Our goal is to bring together a group of exceptional people with a wide variety of skills; we’d really prefer if people don’t rule themselves out (and we may offer related opportunities in the future).

How to Apply

Apply by the end of June 9th, 2025, anywhere in the world. (But applications by June 2nd are appreciated!)

You’ll need to submit a CV and answer a few questions. We want to understand a bit about you and the shape of your thinking. Feel free to use LLMs if they’re helpful for articulating things, but be warned that pure LLM writing is unlikely to stand out positively. Applicants whose submissions pass an initial screen will then be invited to an interview.

We plan to conclude interviews by June 18th, and make offers by June 20th. (This is a tight timeline, so it is possible it will slip; apologies in advance if so.)

The fellowship will run full-time, over 12 weeks from July 14 – October 3. It will open with an in-person workshop and build up to a “demo day” in the final week for fellows to present their work (including to organizations or funders who may wish to support these projects). Fellows will be paid a stipend of $25,000–$50,000 (depending on location and experience), and have access to a compute budget of $5,000.

If this sounds great but the dates don’t work, we’d still love to hear from you! There may be opportunities to be involved in the networking events, seminars, and demo sessions throughout the program. And we may run a second cohort (or admit off-cohort fellows) later in the year.

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