Our Team

Josh is a fifth-year Cognitive Systems undergrad at UBC and a part-time research analyst at AI Safety Camp. His team is working to develop a governance proposal for pausing frontier AI development. His journey in AI safety began after discovering 80,000 Hours in late 2022.

Lucy, a recent Sociology graduate, researched ChatGPT usage under Professor Dongwook Yoon's supervision at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab. Lucy will soon be relocating to Oxford, UK, for a research fellowship with Pivotal, where she plans to focus on China-Western relations.

Christopher is a first-year BCS second-degree student at UBC, having previously graduated from Concordia University in International Business. He recently worked at Sid Lee for two years in content creation and brand strategy and has completed BlueDot Impact's AI Safety Fundamentals course.

Sana is a fourth-year Cognitive Systems student at UBC with a minor in Data Science. She interns as an AI Strategy and Compliance Assistant at Clause Technology, working to assess compliance and risk management AI systems. Her focus is in bridging the gap between policymakers and technical developers.

Rishika, a UBC Cognitive Systems graduate, has experience in synthetic data creation, predictive modeling, and prompt engineering. Rishika completed BlueDot Impact's AI Safety Fundamentals and volunteers with AI Governance and Safety Canada.

Justice is a CS PhD student at UBC specializing in rare event simulation for RL and safety-critical systems. He completed the MATS program, where he researched provably safe AI systems under David 'davidad' Dalrymple's supervision.

Soyoung is a third-year Cognitive Systems student at UBC with a keen interest in AI safety. Her interest in the field was sparked by observing the rapid advancement and integration of AI technologies into society. She is particularly concerned with ensuring AI development aligns with long-term human interests and ethical considerations.

Dong is a physics PhD Student at UBC specializing in STM experiment on quantum material and image processing via SBD algorithms. He completed BlueDot Impact's AI Governance course and is pursuing a career in ensuring human information autonomy in the era of AI.