Yilin Huang

ai safety researcher / artist / wanderer

Studying the governance of minds we're building, making art about the questions we can't answer, and finding philosophy in unexpected places.

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Building safer futures, together

My work spans technical research and community organizing—because AI safety needs both rigorous analysis and collective action.

Research

AI R&D Automation Thresholds

When does acceleration become unmanageable?

International AI Coordination

U.S.-China dynamics and deterrence credibility

Technical Governance

Bridging evaluation frameworks and policy

Community

AI Safety at Amherst (AISA)

Building a community of safety-minded researchers

AI in the Liberal Arts (AILA)

Integrating AI thinking across disciplines

Policy Hackathons

Collaborative governance problem-solving

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Current preoccupations

A snapshot, updated when the water shifts.

  • Preparing fellowship applications on AI deterrence
  • Organizing a policy hackathon
  • Rereading Wallace Stevens
  • Helping my cat settle into her third home
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Writing, art, movement

The things I make when I'm not analyzing—or sometimes, while I am.

essay

On the Metaphysics of the 8-Ball

"There's something honest about deferring to randomness."

research

5x: A Threshold Argument

The arithmetic of urgency.

video

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dance

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Let's think together

Always open to conversations about AI governance, philosophy, or whatever's keeping you up at night.

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