We study intelligent behavior across a broad range of contexts to build the foundational understanding required to create aligned AI systems. Formerly PIBBSS.
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The Alignment Journal publishes research on the scientific foundations of understanding, predicting, and steering artificial intelligent systems. As of today, submissions are open to everyone.
What we do differently:
- We pay reviewers, with bonuses for speed and insight.
- Review discussion is confidential, but every accepted paper is published with a “review summary” to distill the insights generated.
- Each paper is judged against our acceptance bar, not against other submissions.
- Papers under review are listed publicly, and researchers can nominate themselves to review, so each paper can reach the reviewers who know the topic best.
We seek work that builds theoretical or otherwise principled analyses of agency, robustness, incentives, interpretability, generalization, and long-term behavior, and whose significance survives the deletion of any particular model, dataset or benchmark. Empirical investigations of such ideas are welcome, and negative results are encouraged.
We are especially interested in approaches that could apply to future superintelligent systems that interact and self-improve.
You can submit your preprint in any format. Submissions are rolling and open now on the website.
If you are instead interested in reviewing or serving as an action editor (basically: an area chair), create an account on our website.
Links to submit, our scope and the reasoning behind the Journal are in the reply ⬇️
We are thrilled to be a community partner of Vision Weekend USA, taking place in San Francisco from 13 to 15 November, as @foresightinst celebrates its 40th year 🎉
We invite you to check out the lineup, featuring over 30 speakers across secure AI, neurotechnology, biotech, and space.
👉 Event page & tickets: foresight.org/events/vision-…
In less than a month, Vision Weekend returns to San Francisco. This time to mark 40 years of Foresight!
Across iconic locations like the USS Hornet, @internetarchive, The Fold, and Lighthaven, the weekend brings expert talks, office hours with your favorite orgs, $10K pitch competition, behind-the-scenes lab tours, 1:1 connections, a sci-fi book swap, plus our main 40th anniversary celebration in the US.
Full lineup:
Secure, Sovereign & Resilient AI
• @woj_zaremba, OpenAI Foundation
• @ilblackdragon, NEAR Protocol
• @sebkrier, Google DeepMind
• Jenny Read, ARIA
• @gladstein, Human Rights Foundation
• @zweinberg, ex ante
Neuro AI & AI for Neuro
• @SumnerLN, Merge
• Matt Angle, Paradromics
• Matthew MacDougall, Neuralink
• @maxhodak_, Science Corporation
• @JoanneZPeng, Amaranth Foundation
• @AdamMarblestone, Convergent Research
Life Unlimited: Biotech & Biosecurity
• @thekaransinghal, OpenAI
• @mattkrisiloff, Conception bio
• @hannu, Red Queen Bio
• @velychko_s, Soxogen Bio
Molecular Manufacturing, Nanotech, Energy & Space
• Ralph C. Merkle, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing
• Ivan Jayapurna, ARIA
• @schingler, Planet Labs
• @erika_alden_d, Pioneer Labs
• @ltelkins, UC Berkeley - Space Sciences Lab
New Funding & Innovation Paradigms
• @tkalil2050, Renaissance Philanthropy
• @FutureSaenko, Future Ventures
• @v_maini, Mythos
• @_mattmandel, Cosmos Ventures
Nonprofit Funding Perspectives
• @nanransohoff, Public Goods at Stripe
• @rohan_subramani, Coefficient Giving
• @seemaychou, Astera Institute
Existential Hope
• @mattbotvinick, Anthropic
• @RosieCampbell, Eleos AI Research
• @PracheeAC, Astera Institute
• @sreeramkannan, Eigen Labs
• @NicoleOzer, Electronic Frontier Foundation
+ an Anti-Debate hosted by @Liv_Boeree
With the All Access pass, you’re invited to join speakers, sponsors, fellows, and grantees at exclusive gatherings across the Bay Area, including lab tours at @E11BIO, @LongshotSpace, @calwave_energy, @DolphinLabs, and @ScienceCorp_ , plus attend our 40th anniversary soiree. A limited number remain.
Links in thread.
Powered by: @protocollabs, @eigenlabs, @paradromics, @RetroBio_, FUTO, and @d_model_ai
We’re #hiring a Senior Compliance & Legal Operations Manager to own compliance across @PrincInt’s US and UK charities and sponsored #AIsafety projects.
Remote, full-time, starting 15 November. Salary benchmarked by location.
Apply by 30 October: princint.ai/now-hiring-senio…
We’re hiring Horizon Scanners for four new Coordinated Research Programs in #AISafety. Paid four-month remote contract, with a possible path to Technical Director.
If you map open problems and bring the right people to them, we’d like to hear from you.
Apply by November 5, 2026: princint.ai/now-hiring-horiz…
Applications are open for the second AFFINE Alignment Seminar: four weeks in Lagos, Portugal, in January 2027; 35 participants; free travel, board, and a $1,000 stipend; and time to get properly confused about the alignment problem.
👉 Apply by 22 November: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Excited to be part of @foresightinst’s Vision Weekend, Nov 13-15 in San Francisco. We’ll be hosting office hours for anyone keen to dive deeper into #AISafety.
Join us: foresight.org/events/vision-…
Private personal AI. Reversing cellular age. Brain-computer interfaces. Universal fabricators. Funding human agency. New life on Mars. Whether AI can be conscious, and whether it matters.
Nov 13-15, Vision Weekend returns to San Francisco!
Three days of expert talks, curated 1-on-1s, tech demos, a $10K pitch grant, and our main 40th anniversary celebration in the US.
Speakers include:
• Wojciech Zaremba (OpenAI Foundation)
• Matthew MacDougall (Neuralink)
• Illia Polosukhin (NEAR Protocol)
• Max Hodak (Science Corporation)
• Matthew Botvinick (Anthropic)
• Nan Ransohoff (Frontier Climate)
• Séb Krier (Google DeepMind)
• Seemay Chou (Astera Institute)
• Robin Hanson (George Mason University)
• Alex Gladstein (Human Rights Foundation)
+ many more. Full lineup in thread.
Join us across iconic Bay Area locations, including Lighthaven, @internetarchive, USS Hornet aircraft carrier, and lab tours at @E11BIO, @LongshotSpace, @calwave_energy, @DolphinLabs, @ScienceCorp_ , plus a cypherpunk party at our AI node.
Get tickets before prices increase Oct 1. Link in thread.
Today, we're launching PIRAMID: an internal research division using the tools and techniques of statistical physics to build scientific foundations for ambitious mechanistic interpretability.
Our central premise is that scalable alignment requires more than persuasive ad-hoc explanations of model behavior. It will require interpretability tools that develop alongside a scientific understanding of the structure of data, learning, and representations.
Read more about our work: lnkd.in/eNTxH9Tv
We're equally as excited to have you on board!
I'm excited to be joining Principles of Intelligence (@pibbssai ) as a Business Development Director!
They've incubated some of the most interesting technical AI safety research paths of the past few years, and I'm honored to have the opportunity to facilitate more great work.
Reminder that the application cycle for the Winter PIBBSS Fellowship closes on July 20th!
Check out our website for updated FAQs, information about the Post-AGI Civilisation Dynamics / Gradual Disempowerment track, and a recording to the last info session!
princint.ai/programs/fellows…
At Principles of Intelligence (Princint), we study intelligent behavior across a broad range of contexts. Our goal is to build the foundational understanding required to create aligned AI systems.
The 2026-2027 Winter PIBBSS Fellowship is a ~3 month project-based program, bringing together scholars seeking to understand intelligence from varied perspectives.
Application deadline: July 20th, 2026, (Anywhere on Earth)
Learn more at: princint.ai/programs/fellows…
For questions or to hear more about our programs, register for the info sessions on July 14th and 15th (the sessions will be recorded, registration links are at available on the website).
The 2026-2027 Winter PIBBSS Fellowship has added a new track with support from ACS Research.
Learn more about the Post-AGI Civilisation Dynamics / Gradual Disempowerment track, and the fellowship itself during our next info session on July 15th at 18:00 PST. (Register here: zoom.us/meeting/register/nPX…)
Learn more at: princint.ai/programs/fellows…
We're hiring a Senior Communications Associate to manage and elevate our public presence — coordinating writing, social media, graphic design, video editing, and newsletter production.
If you're a versatile communicator who wants to help tell the story of AI safety research, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply by July 30: tinyurl.com/3cp872pn
At Principles of Intelligence (Princint), we study intelligent behavior across a broad range of contexts. Our goal is to build the foundational understanding required to create aligned AI systems.
The 2026-2027 Winter PIBBSS Fellowship is a ~3 month project-based program, bringing together scholars seeking to understand intelligence from varied perspectives.
Application deadline: July 20th, 2026, (Anywhere on Earth)
Learn more at: princint.ai/programs/fellows…
For questions or to hear more about our programs, register for the info sessions on July 14th and 15th (the sessions will be recorded, registration links are at available on the website).
If you're organized, detail-driven, and want to support the infrastructure behind high-impact AI safety work, join our team!
We're hiring a Compliance & Operations Manager to oversee contracts, regulatory compliance & fiscal sponsee operations at PrincInt.
Deadline for this role is July 26: tinyurl.com/35hcn3nt
Hiring: Part-Time Operations & Community Manager for our partners at @AlignmentJrnl: a new journal for theoretical AI alignment research.
This is a great opportunity to help build a field-shaping institution from the ground up.
Apply by July 19: tinyurl.com/36ajdkju
📣 Senior Communications Associate at PrincInt
Deadline July 30
Manage and elevate our public presence through writing, social media, graphic design, video, and newsletter production. tinyurl.com/3cp872pn
🗓️ Events Coordinator(s) at PrincInt
Deadline July 26
We're hiring two coordinators to support the PIBBSS Fellowship, team retreats, workshops, and conferences. tinyurl.com/bdnsy5u4
📋 Part-Time Operations & Community Manager at The Alignment Journal
Deadline: July 19
Help stand up a new journal dedicated to theoretical AI alignment research — a unique opportunity to shape a field-building institution from the ground up tinyurl.com/36ajdkju
💼 Finance Specialist at PrincInt
Deadline July 19
Lead payroll, financial record-keeping, and budget monitoring across our U.S. and U.K. team. tinyurl.com/mrnajwrr
🤝 Personal Assistant at AIXI Labs & PrincInt
Deadline July 19
Support the Executive Director of AIXI Labs and a PrincInt research director in a split role ideal for someone seeking meaningful part-time work in AI safety. tinyurl.com/2f9b7z9z
We're #hiring! Principles of Intelligence and our partners are looking for talented people to join the AI safety ecosystem across operations, finance, communications, and events.
Check the thread to learn more about our open positions 👇👇👇