“AICRAFT: DARPA-Funded AI Alignment Researchers — Applications Open” by Mike Vaiana, Diogo de Lucena, Judd Rosenblatt

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AICRAFT: DARPA-Funded AI Alignment Researchers — Applications Open TL;DR: We hypothesize that most alignment researchers have more ideas than they have engineering bandwidth to test. AICRAFT is a DARPA-funded project that pairs researchers with a fully managed professional engineering team for two-week pilot sprints, designed specifically for high-risk ideas that might otherwise go untested. We will select 6 applicants and execute a 2 week pilot with each, the most promising pilot may be given a 3 month extension. This is the first MVP for engaging DARPA directly with the alignment community to our knowledge, and if successful can catalyze government scale investment in alignment R&D. Apply here. Applications close March 27, 2026 at 11 PM PST. What is AICRAFT? AICRAFT (Artificial Intelligence Control Research Amplification & Framework for Talent) is a DARPA-funded seedling project executed by AE Studio. The premise is straightforward: we hypothesize that alignment research could progress faster if the best researchers had more leverage. We believe that researchers currently are bottlenecked on either execution (i.e. they are doing the hands-on experiments themselves) or management (i.e. they are managing teams that are executing the work). Management is higher leverage but what if we could push that much [...] ---Outline:(00:15) AICRAFT: DARPA-Funded AI Alignment Researchers -- Applications Open(01:08) What is AICRAFT?(02:49) The Bigger Picture(03:56) Who should apply?(04:26) How it works(05:21) The application(06:11) FAQ --- First published: March 16th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/nmMdtZveC38atLnDm/aicraft-darpa-funded-ai-alignment-researchers-applications --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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