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ValuesLab

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  • People
  • Research
    • Videos
      • Philosophy and AI: An Introduction
      • Alignment
      • Intelligence and Mental States
    • Lecture Slides
      • AI and Mental States
      • Can AI Think?
      • Fictionalism about AI
      • AI and Value Alignment I
      • AI and Value Alignment II
      • AI and Memory
      • AI and Fairness
    • Projects
      • Philosophy and AI
      • Explainable AI and Ancient Values
      • Reasons, Causes, and Explainable AI
      • Alignment and Confucian Ethics
    • Questions
      • Agency
      • Ethical Values
      • Truth and Other Epistemic Values
      • Credences and Risk
      • Mental States
      • Flawed Thinking
      • Pluralism and Disagreement
    • Contributor Publications
    • Student Papers
  • Awards
    • Student Research Fellowship
    • Previously Awarded Projects
  • In Conversation
    • XIIID Strategy and Research
    • AI in Context
    • Philosophy of AI
    • Columbia Data Science Day 2024
    • The Art of AI
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ValuesLab works on deep integration of human values and computational intelligence. We award fellowships for currently enrolled undergraduate or M.A. students conducting research in these areas. Fellows receive $2,500 for one semester of independent research, compute resources (if necessary), and the guidance & mentorship by one ValuesLab philosopher or computer scientist. Your project could be almost anything at the intersection of philosophy, values, and AI: a research paper, an open source codebase, a policy whitepaper, a model, or anything in between. It doesn’t need to be technical or code-heavy (but can be!). What we want to see is a potential to change how we understand values and AI. Deadline: 23:59 May 5th 2026, anywhere on earth.

Previously awarded projects

ValuesLab

Jens Haas and Katja Vogt

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