Information for AI Impacts

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Basic information

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Country United States
Website https://aiimpacts.org/
Hosting organization Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Last recorded date when we made major data updates for this org 2026-11-02
Donations List Website (data still preliminary)

Positions count by year

Hover over a name to see the position and date range. This table only includes positions where at least the start date is known. The positions count can count the same person multiple times if they held different positions; similarly, the list of staff may include the same person multiple times if they held more than one position during a single year. For each year, a person is included if they were at the organization for any part of the year; this means the actual staff count at any point during the year can be lower (or higher, if some staff held multiple positions in a single year).

Year Positions count Researchers General staff Associates Board members Advisors
2015 2 Katja Grace, Paul Christiano
2016 2 Katja Grace, Paul Christiano
2017 7 Connor Flexman, Finan Adamson, Jimmy Rintjema, John Salvatier, Justis Mills, Katja Grace, Michael Wulfsohn
2018 7 Connor Flexman, Finan Adamson, Jimmy Rintjema, Justis Mills, Katja Grace, Michael Wulfsohn, Tegan McCaslin
2019 7 Rick Korzekwa Asya Bergal, Daniel Kokotajlo, Jimmy Rintjema, Justis Mills, Katja Grace, Michael Wulfsohn
2020 7 Rick Korzekwa Asya Bergal, Daniel Kokotajlo, Jimmy Rintjema, Justis Mills, Katja Grace, Michael Wulfsohn
2021 7 Rick Korzekwa Asya Bergal, Daniel Kokotajlo, Jimmy Rintjema, Justis Mills, Katja Grace, Michael Wulfsohn
2022 10 Aysja Johnson, Harlan Stewart, Katja Grace, Rick Korzekwa Elizabeth Santos, Jimmy Rintjema, Justis Mills, Katja Grace, Rick Korzekwa, Zach Stein-Perlman
2023 9 Aysja Johnson, Harlan Stewart, Jeffrey Heninger, Katja Grace Elizabeth Santos, Jimmy Rintjema, Justis Mills, Rick Korzekwa, Zach Stein-Perlman
2024 7 Harlan Stewart, Jeffrey Heninger, Katja Grace Jimmy Rintjema, Justis Mills, Rick Korzekwa, Zach Stein-Perlman
2025 4 Jeffrey Heninger, Katja Grace Jimmy Rintjema, Rick Korzekwa
2026 5 Jeffrey Heninger, Katja Grace Caitlin Elizondo, Jimmy Rintjema, Rick Korzekwa

Number of full-time staff at the beginning each year

The following table lists some dates and people who were at the organization on the given date (namely, the start of the year). The table may not list every person who worked for the organization (e.g. they could have joined and left in the middle of a single year). This table excludes associates, interns, advisors, and board members.

Date Staff count Staff
2018-01-01 1 Jimmy Rintjema
2019-01-01 1 Jimmy Rintjema
2020-01-01 2 Jimmy Rintjema, Rick Korzekwa
2021-01-01 2 Jimmy Rintjema, Rick Korzekwa
2022-01-01 2 Jimmy Rintjema, Rick Korzekwa
2023-01-01 6 Aysja Johnson, Elizabeth Santos, Harlan Stewart, Jimmy Rintjema, Katja Grace, Rick Korzekwa
2024-01-01 5 Harlan Stewart, Jeffrey Heninger, Jimmy Rintjema, Katja Grace, Rick Korzekwa
2025-01-01 4 Jeffrey Heninger, Jimmy Rintjema, Katja Grace, Rick Korzekwa
2026-01-01 4 Jeffrey Heninger, Jimmy Rintjema, Katja Grace, Rick Korzekwa

Full history of additions and subtractions

This table shows the full change history of positions. Each row corresponds to at least one addition or removal of a position. Additions are in green and subtractions are in red. If a position name changed, it is listed simultaneously as an addition (of the new name) and removal (of the old name) and colored yellow. Additionally there are faded variants of each color for visited links.

Date Number of positions Number of positions added Number of positions removed Positions added Positions removed
5 5 0 Ben Hoffman, Katja Grace, Ronja Lutz, Ronny Fernandez, Stephanie Zolayvar
2015-04-06 7 2 0 Katja Grace, Paul Christiano
2016-05-01 6 0 -1 Paul Christiano
2017-06-18 7 1 0 John Salvatier
2017-07-18 6 0 -1 John Salvatier
2017-10-26 11 5 0 Connor Flexman, Finan Adamson, Jimmy Rintjema, Justis Mills, Michael Wulfsohn
2018-04-17 12 1 0 Tegan McCaslin
2019-01-01 9 0 -3 Connor Flexman, Finan Adamson, Tegan McCaslin
2019-07-05 12 3 0 Asya Bergal, Daniel Kokotajlo, Rick Korzekwa
2021-12-07 9 0 -3 Asya Bergal, Daniel Kokotajlo, Michael Wulfsohn
2022-08-13 7 0 -2 Katja Grace, Rick Korzekwa
2022-11-23 9 2 0 Katja Grace, Rick Korzekwa
2022-12-08 13 4 0 Aysja Johnson, Elizabeth Santos, Harlan Stewart, Zach Stein-Perlman
2023-04-02 12 0 -1 Aysja Johnson
2023-05-06 13 1 0 Jeffrey Heninger
2023-10-31 12 0 -1 Elizabeth Santos
2024-04-05 9 0 -3 Harlan Stewart, Justis Mills, Zach Stein-Perlman
2026-02-13 7 0 -2 Jeffrey Heninger, Rick Korzekwa
2026-09-15 8 1 0 Caitlin Elizondo

List of people (25 positions)

Person Title Start date End date AI safety relation Subject Employment type Source Notes
Katja Grace 2015-04-06 2022-08-13 AGI organization strategy [1], [2], [3] All five supplied snapshots (April and August 2015; March, April and May 2016) explicitly state that AIimpacts.org is written and maintained by Katja Grace and Paul Christiano. Formal title, joining date and employment type are unspecified. Start date records earliest supplied observation, not an exact joining date. June and July 2017 continue to describe writing and maintenance; October 2017 says Katja runs AI Impacts. No formal title is specified. Last supplied description without a formal title is August 13, 2022. Lead Researcher is first explicitly stated November 23, 2022. End date marks the last observation of the earlier description; the actual title transition is unspecified.
Paul Christiano 2015-04-06 2016-05-01 AGI organization strategy [1], [4], [5], [6] All five supplied snapshots (April and August 2015; March, April and May 2016) explicitly state that AIimpacts.org is written and maintained by Katja Grace and Paul Christiano. Formal title, joining date and employment type are unspecified. Start date records earliest supplied observation, not an exact joining date. Last listed actively May 1, 2016; absent from the June 18, 2017 active description, and explicitly listed as a past contributor October 26, 2017.
John Salvatier 2017-06-18 2017-07-18 AGI organization strategy [5], [7], [6] June and July 2017 state that the website is largely written and maintained by Katja Grace and John Salvatier. Listed as a past contributor October 26, 2017. Dates record first and last observed active presence; formal title and employment type unspecified.
Michael Wulfsohn 2017-10-26 2021-12-07 AGI organization strategy [6], [8], [9] First listed in AI Impacts contributors October 26, 2017. The preceding July 2017 page names only its main writers and maintainers, so it does not establish this contributor was absent. Actual start and formal title unspecified. Employment type unspecified. Last observed as an active contributor December 7, 2021; explicitly listed under Past contributors March 12, 2022 and throughout the supplied later 2022 snapshots. End date records last observed active presence, not an exact departure date.
Finan Adamson 2017-10-26 2019-01-01 AGI organization strategy [6], [10], [11] First listed in AI Impacts contributors October 26, 2017. The preceding July 2017 page names only its main writers and maintainers, so it does not establish this contributor was absent. Actual start and formal title unspecified. Employment type unspecified. Last listed as an active contributor January 1, 2019; explicitly moved to Past contributors by July 5, 2019. End date records last observed active presence.
Connor Flexman 2017-10-26 2019-01-01 AGI organization strategy [6], [10], [11] First listed in AI Impacts contributors October 26, 2017. The preceding July 2017 page names only its main writers and maintainers, so it does not establish this contributor was absent. Actual start and formal title unspecified. Employment type unspecified. Last listed as an active contributor January 1, 2019; explicitly moved to Past contributors by July 5, 2019. End date records last observed active presence.
Justis Mills 2017-10-26 2024-04-05 AGI organization strategy [6], [12], [13] First listed in AI Impacts contributors October 26, 2017. The preceding July 2017 page names only its main writers and maintainers, so it does not establish this contributor was absent. Actual start and formal title unspecified. Employment type unspecified. Listed under Support in all supplied 2022 snapshots; this section heading does not specify a formal title. Last observed as an active contributor April 5, 2024; explicitly moved to Past contributors May 3, 2024 and remains there in all supplied later 2024 snapshots. End date records last observed active presence, not an exact departure date.
Jimmy Rintjema Support 2017-10-26 AGI organization strategy contractor [6], [14], [15], [16] First listed in AI Impacts contributors October 26, 2017. The preceding July 2017 page names only its main writers and maintainers, so it does not establish this contributor was absent. Actual start and formal title unspecified. Biography explicitly identifies him as a freelance contractor providing support. Listed under Support in all supplied 2022 snapshots; this section heading does not specify a formal title. September 15 and November 2, 2026 explicitly label his role Support; earlier biographies already describe the same support function. This is treated as clarification of the continuing role rather than evidence of a job change.
Ben Hoffman AGI organization strategy [6] Explicitly listed under Past contributors October 26, 2017. Historical contribution; role, dates and employment type unspecified.
Stephanie Zolayvar AGI organization strategy [6] Explicitly listed under Past contributors October 26, 2017. Historical contribution; role, dates and employment type unspecified.
Tegan McCaslin 2018-04-17 2019-01-01 AGI organization strategy [17], [10], [11] First listed among AI Impacts contributors April 17, 2018; absent March 24, 2018. Biography describes investigating properties of the brain relevant to AI, without a formal title or employment type. Remains listed in all supplied later 2018 snapshots. Last listed as an active contributor January 1, 2019; explicitly moved to Past contributors by July 5, 2019. End date records last observed active presence.
Rick Korzekwa Researcher 2019-07-05 2022-08-13 AGI organization strategy [11], [2], [3] First observed July 5, 2019. The March 2022 biography confirms he has been with AI Impacts since 2019, and the November 23, 2022 biography retrospectively states he started as a researcher in 2019. Last observed before the Director title August 13, 2022. End date records last observation of the earlier role, not the exact promotion date. Employment type unspecified.
Daniel Kokotajlo 2019-07-05 2021-12-07 AGI organization strategy [11], [8], [9] First listed among active contributors July 5, 2019; absent January 1, 2019. Actual joining date, formal title and employment type unspecified. Remains listed September 17 and November 14, 2019. Biography describes investigating the Agent AI versus Tool AI debate. April, May and August 2020 biographies describe experimenting with simulations as tools for modelling intelligence explosions; no formal title change is stated. Last observed as an active contributor December 7, 2021; explicitly listed under Past contributors March 12, 2022 and throughout the supplied later 2022 snapshots. End date records last observed active presence, not an exact departure date.
Asya Bergal 2019-07-05 2021-12-07 AGI organization strategy [11], [8], [9] First listed among active contributors July 5, 2019; absent January 1, 2019. Actual joining date, formal title and employment type unspecified. Remains listed September 17 and November 14, 2019. Last observed as an active contributor December 7, 2021; explicitly listed under Past contributors March 12, 2022 and throughout the supplied later 2022 snapshots. End date records last observed active presence, not an exact departure date.
Ronja Lutz AGI organization strategy [11] First appears under Past contributors July 5, 2019 and remains there in September and November. Historical contribution; role, dates and employment type unspecified.
Ronny Fernandez AGI organization strategy [18], [8] First appears under Past contributors October 27, 2021; still listed December 7, 2021. Historical contribution; role, dates and employment type unspecified. Appearance on the past-contributors list does not establish a joining or departure date.
Katja Grace Co-Founder AGI organization strategy [3], [19], [20] November 23 and December 8, 2022 explicitly state that Katja founded AI Impacts. Historical founding affiliation; the supplied evidence does not specify a founding date. Separate from her operational roles. From March 14, 2023 the biography clarifies that she co-founded AI Impacts; this refines the same historical affiliation rather than creating a new role.
Katja Grace Lead Researcher 2022-11-23 AGI organization strategy [3], [16] Title first explicitly stated November 23, 2022 and confirmed December 8, 2022; August 13, 2022 only says she runs AI Impacts. Start records first title observation, not an exact appointment date. Employment type unspecified.
Rick Korzekwa Director 2022-11-23 2026-02-13 AGI organization strategy [3], [21], [22] Director first explicitly stated November 23, 2022 and confirmed December 8, 2022. He splits his time between running the organization and research. August 13, 2022 does not state the Director title. Start records first title observation, not an exact promotion date. Employment type unspecified. Last observed actively February 13, 2026; explicitly listed under Past contributors March 11, 2026 and in all supplied later 2026 snapshots. End date records last observed active presence, not an exact departure date.
Elizabeth Santos Operations Lead 2022-12-08 2023-10-31 AGI organization strategy [23], [24], [20] First listed December 8, 2022; absent November 23, 2022. Biography explicitly identifies her as Operations Lead and says she also does some research. Start records first observed presence, not an exact joining date. Employment type unspecified. Last listed October 31, 2023; absent from the December 5, 2023 contributor lists. End date records last observed active presence, not an exact departure date.
Zach Stein-Perlman 2022-12-08 2024-04-05 AGI organization strategy [23], [12], [13] First listed December 8, 2022; absent November 23, 2022. Listed under Research; biography describes research interests but does not specify a formal title. Start records first observed presence, not an exact joining date. Employment type unspecified. Last observed as an active contributor April 5, 2024; explicitly moved to Past contributors May 3, 2024 and remains there in all supplied later 2024 snapshots. End date records last observed active presence, not an exact departure date.
Aysja Johnson Research Analyst 2022-12-08 2023-04-02 AGI organization strategy [23], [25], [26] First listed December 8, 2022; absent November 23, 2022. Biography explicitly identifies her as a research analyst. Start records first observed presence, not an exact joining date. Employment type unspecified. Last listed actively April 2, 2023; explicitly listed under Past contributors May 6, 2023 and in all supplied later 2023 snapshots. End date records last observed active presence, not an exact departure date.
Harlan Stewart Research Assistant 2022-12-08 2024-04-05 AGI organization strategy [23], [12], [13] First listed December 8, 2022; absent November 23, 2022. Biography explicitly identifies him as a research assistant. Start records first observed presence, not an exact joining date. Employment type unspecified. Last observed as an active contributor April 5, 2024; explicitly moved to Past contributors May 3, 2024 and remains there in all supplied later 2024 snapshots. End date records last observed active presence, not an exact departure date.
Jeffrey Heninger Research Analyst 2023-05-06 2026-02-13 AGI organization strategy [26], [21], [22] First listed May 6, 2023; absent April 2, 2023. Biography explicitly identifies him as a research analyst. Remains listed September 30, October 31 and December 5, 2023. Start records first observed presence, not an exact joining date. Employment type unspecified. Last observed actively February 13, 2026; explicitly listed under Past contributors March 11, 2026 and in all supplied later 2026 snapshots. End date records last observed active presence, not an exact departure date.
Caitlin Elizondo Support 2026-09-15 AGI organization strategy [15], [16] First listed September 15, 2026 with the explicit role label Support; absent May 1, 2026. Still listed November 2, 2026. Start records first observed presence, not an exact joining date. Employment type unspecified.

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Comment on After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation 2019-02-27 Aaron Gertler Effective Altruism Forum Centre for Effective Altruism, Open Philanthropy, Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Ought, Vox, AI Impacts, Center for Human-Compatible AI, Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative Job application experience Various Gertler describes his experience applying to various effective altruism-related organizations.
Comment on After one year of applying for EA jobs: It is really, really hard to get hired by an EA organisation 2019-02-26 Max Daniel Effective Altruism Forum Open Philanthropy, OpenAI, Berkeley Existential Risk Initiative, Centre for Effective Altruism, Future of Humanity Institute, AI Impacts Daniel gives his experience applying to various effective altruist organizations, detailing the time he spent on applications and preparation.

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