AICACP — the AI Capabilities & Alignment Consensus Project — is a multi-year initiative designed to reshape the conversation around AI capabilities, alignment, and regulation. By combining high-impact journal collections, in-person discussion-oriented workshops, and academic media content for public outreach, the project aims to bridge the divide between AI “doomers” and “accelerationists” by deeply exploring the meanings of “world models” and “agency” — and what these concepts mean for AI development.
Survival and Flourishing Fund grant
We are happy to share that in June 2025, the Survival and Flourishing Fund awarded a $270,000 grant to the Active Inference Institute to support work on the AI Capabilities & Alignment Consensus Project (AICACP). This grant supports an expanded team to assist with managing the project's special issues and workshops.
About the project
AICACP is a multi-year initiative designed to reshape the conversation around AI capabilities, alignment, and regulation. By combining high-impact journal collections, in-person discussion-oriented workshops, and academic media content for public outreach, the project aims to bridge the divide between AI “doomers” and “accelerationists” through deeply exploring the meanings of “world models” and “agency,” and what these concepts mean for AI development.
Project lead
Adam Safron, at the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, is the creator, principal investigator, and organizing editor for this project. The Survival and Flourishing Fund grant supports an expanded team assisting with the special issues and workshops.
Участие
AICACP welcomes contributors with backgrounds in AI, alignment, policy, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and Active Inference. Engagement ranges from theoretical discussion to special-issue editing, workshop participation, and public outreach.
Learn more and get in touch
For those interested in learning more, please see the project document, which describes the AI Capabilities & Alignment Consensus Project in detail and includes how to reach the organizing editor with thoughts or questions.