Agent Foundations Field Network
AFFINE (Agent Foundations FIeld NEtwork) is an AI safety field-building organization that runs intensive one-month superintelligence alignment seminars and year-long fellowships. The program brings together up to 30 participants at Hostacov Chateau in Czechia for deep engagement with foundational alignment problems, guided by mentors from MIRI, DeepMind, Anthropic, and the Astera Institute. Founded by Mateusz Baginski, AFFINE focuses on creating a cohesive network of researchers equipped to tackle the core problems of superintelligence alignment, emphasizing collaborative excellence and peer teaching.
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- Funding Goal
- $1,616,120
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- Fiscal Sponsor
- Ashgro, Inc.
Theory of Change
AFFINE's theory of change centers on addressing a bottleneck in AI alignment research: the shortage of researchers with deep understanding of foundational alignment problems. By providing an intensive month-long immersion in superintelligence alignment theory, guided by leading mentors from organizations like MIRI, DeepMind, and Astera Institute, AFFINE aims to rapidly upskill promising newcomers. The subsequent year-long fellowship builds a persistent collaborative network among the most capable participants, creating lasting research relationships. This approach seeks to grow the pool of researchers equipped to work on agent foundations and alignment theory, areas considered important but neglected, ultimately contributing to the mitigation of AI existential risk through better theoretical understanding of agency, decision theory, and embedded agents.
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AFFINE is an AI safety research training network that runs an intensive month-long superintelligence alignment seminar and year-long fellowship, with Algorithm Design as one of its core funded research focus areas.
AFFINE (Agent Foundations FIeld NEtwork) runs intensive educational programs and supports technical research aimed at solving the superintelligence alignment problem, with a focus on agent foundations.
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- Last Updated
- Mar 19, 2026, 6:51 PM UTC
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- Mar 19, 2026, 6:22 PM UTC