# Hi, I'm Lenz. In one _hand-wavy_ line, I work on **debugging the coordination problems that make cooperation hard to do for AI governance**, so we can figure out which low-hanging fruit can move the needle. **Now:** - Co-convening [AI4PH](https://ai4ph.substack.com/about), working on workforce transition policy reforms in the Philippines' AI economy. - Researching Southeast Asian AI governance at [The Asia Foundation](https://asiafoundation.org/). - Facilitating [Bluedot Impact's Technical AI Safety course](https://bluedot.org/courses/technical-ai-safety). - Facilitating [Cooperative AI Foundation's Introduction to Cooperative AI course](https://www.cooperativeai.com/curriculum). - Contributing to research projects that build evidence and datasets for AI governance. [[Now|Read more about what I'm working on here.]] Broadly, I'm interested in middle-power governance in Asia and in building field infrastructure for AI safety work (i.e., replicating papers, maintaining open-source repos, building databases and datasets, and taxonomizing). Previously, I worked on: **Previously:** - **Jun 2026:** [CORDA Democracy Fellowship](https://cordademocracy.org/), where I [sought to develop methods to measure gradual disempowerment by tracking AI content saturation in US legislation](https://cordademocracy.org/project/p1). - **Oct 2025:** [MIT AI Risk Repository](https://airisk.mit.edu/), where I helped [map the AI governance landscape of the U.S.](https://airisk.mit.edu/blog/mapping-the-ai-governance-landscape-pilot-test-and-update) - **Oct 2025:** [ARENA 6.0](https://arena.education/), where I [[20251003|debugged Inspect's CTF evals]] - **May 2025:** [AI Safety Camp](https://www.aisafety.camp/), where I theorized a [benchmark for value alignment](https://youtu.be/HabbyHTyKKk) ([writeup](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/3sjtEXzbwDpyALR4H/ai-safety-camp-10-outputs)) - **Feb 2025:** [Project GRASP](https://aisafetypreparedness.com/), where I curated literature on AI control. - **Dec 2024:** [Condor Camp](https://bit.ly/CondorCampSEAPrimer)), where I ran Southeast Asia's first AI safety camp. --- [CV](https://bit.ly/ld_cv) · [Substack](https://halfbakedtheories.substack.com/) · [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/llenzl/) · [GitHub](https://github.com/ramennaut) · [Feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/lenz)