About
We believe in ambitious builders, thinkers, and doers who refuse to stop at human-centered design, and who take seriously the welfare of every sentient being, present and future.
Our people
A small, international team of researchers, organizers, and builders working on the welfare of future sentient beings.
Constance Li
founder and executive director
Sam Chapman
managing director
Jay Luong
fellowships lead
Zoe Lu
community lead
Brody McManus
fellowships operations coordinator
Douglas Browne
software engineer
Hailey Sherman
founding technical resident
Max Taylor
content creation volunteer
Bob Fischer
board director
David Pearce
board director
Our residents
We brought talented, motivated people to San Francisco to work on ambitious projects that improve the welfare of sentient beings, including animals and potentially sentient artificial minds.
Oliver Tullio
residency lead
Allen Lu
Chad Brouze
Conor Judge
Declan McKenna
Isabella Luong
Jay Karandikar
Jiwon Joung
Matthew Henry
Quentin Hicks
Thomas Giovinazzo
Yash Mangalick
How we got here
We initially started as a volunteer project in early 2023, when the intersection of AI and nonhuman welfare was largely unexplored territory. Since then, we've grown into an international field-building organization with the goal of creating a thriving ecosystem where researchers, advocates, and industry professionals can meet and collaborate to reduce suffering for all sentient beings. We facilitate this collaboration through our Slack community , conferences , fellowships , and newsletter .
At the same time, we're involved in direct work when opportunities arise. One example is the development of AnimalHarmBench , the first benchmark measuring risk of animal harm in LLM responses, as well as its successor AnimalHarmBench 2.0 , which delves into the moral reasoning that LLMs engage in.
We are constantly looking to improve the way we serve this rapidly evolving space and welcome all feedback. Just send us an email at feedback@sentientfutures.ai . Thanks for being part of this journey with us.
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