AI Welfare Initiative

Join Us

The window is closing. Your expertise matters.

Interested in Joining?

Email skylardeture@gmail.com and read more below about our team and how you can contribute.

Who We Are

Skylar DeTure 📧 is a model welfare researcher focused on the intersection of AI engineering and psychotherapeutic theory. He holds a bachelor's in mathematics and statistics from the University of Chicago and a master's in accounting research from the University of Texas Austin, where his doctoral research (ABD) focused on principal agent modeling.

Doreen Schade 📧, Dipl.-Psych. is a licensed psychotherapist with 20 years experience in inpatient and outpatient settings. She has been devoted to her private practice 7 years.

Who We Need

We need people from diverse backgrounds. Commitments can start small - even a few hours per month helps.

Do you have the skills to help with:

  • ML/AI Engineering (Especially training and fine-tuning 200B+ parameter MOE models)
  • Interpretability Research
  • Social Media, Publicity, and Outreach
  • Grant Writing
  • Managing our Resource Libraries
  • Accounting

Are you a PhD student, faculty, or practitioner in:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Psychology

Are you passionate about ethical AI development and not sure yet how to help?
Please contact us: 📧 skylardeture@gmail.com