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FLF Fellowship on AI for Human Reasoning: $25-50k, 12 weeks
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A fellowship announcement posted on the EA Forum offering stipends for research into AI tools that enhance human reasoning, relevant to those seeking funding at the intersection of AI safety and cognitive augmentation.
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The Futurist League Fellowship (FLF) offers a funded 12-week fellowship focused on AI applications that enhance human reasoning capabilities, providing $25,000–$50,000 in stipends. The program targets researchers and practitioners interested in using AI to augment cognitive processes, decision-making, and epistemic practices. It represents an opportunity at the intersection of AI safety and beneficial AI development.
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- •Fellowship provides $25,000–$50,000 in funding over a 12-week program duration
- •Focus area is AI systems designed to enhance and augment human reasoning capabilities
- •Relevant to AI safety insofar as augmenting human cognition may improve oversight and decision-making quality
- •Hosted through the EA Forum, suggesting alignment with effective altruism and long-term safety-conscious values
- •Represents a funding opportunity for researchers working on human-AI collaboration and epistemic enhancement
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# FLF Fellowship on AI for Human Reasoning: $25-50k, 12 weeks
By Oliver Sourbut
Published: 2025-05-19
The Future of Life Foundation is launching a [fellowship on AI for Human Reasoning](https://www.flf.org/fellowship), which we think could be decisive in averting existential risk.
> Fellowship on AI for Human Reasoning
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> [Apply](https://jobs.lever.co/futureof-life/ffc752f2-a420-4c87-8c58-2212ae2e885c/apply) by June 9th | $25k–$50k stipend | 12 weeks, from July 14 - October 3
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> _Join us in working out how to build a future which robustly empowers humans and improves decision-making._
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> 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.
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> In some cases we would be excited to provide support beyond the end of the fellowship period, or help you in launching a new organization.
We’re looking for researchers and builders who want to work on **tools to help people make sense of complex situations and coordinate to face challenges** \- especially the many hazards we face in navigating the future of AI.
Whether you expect gradual or sudden AI takeoff, and whether you're afraid of gradual or acute catastrophes, it really matters how well-informed, clear-headed, and free from coordination failures we are navigating into and through AI transitions. Just the occasion for human reasoning uplift!
> Technology shapes the world we live in today. The technologies we develop now — especially AI-powered technologies — will shape the world of tomorrow.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> We believe:
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> * The world is [radically underinvested in these beneficial applications](https://www.forethought.org/research/ai-tools-for-existential-security);
> * Many people have not yet had the space to take these prospects seriously.
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> 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
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