AI Safety & Policy Lab

Interdisciplinary student teams collaborate with state legislators, translating AI safety research into clear, evidence-based policy infrastructure.

What you needPrior AI safety experience preferred; backgrounds in technical and policy fields encouraged.

Express interest

A semester-long program bringing together interdisciplinary student teams and state legislators to explore the technical, ethical and societal implications of advanced AI.

Each legislator is matched with two technical-track and two policy-track students. Teams meet weekly to brief their legislator, explain technical concepts and work through policy implications.

Developed in collaboration with Vermont State Representative Monique Priestley.

Curriculum

  1. Weekly briefings with your legislator
  2. Orientation and workshops on AI safety, alignment, governance and policymaking
  3. Policy Literacy Reports and Legislative Education Toolkits
  4. Demos, midterm updates, final presentations and a synthesis report
  5. Mixers with AI safety groups across Boston and Cambridge
Vermont State Representative Monique Priestley