Thinking Machines hires policy researchers to push open weights, decentralized AI
luke_drago_ · x · 2026-11-11
Thinking Machines' lukedrago announced the team is hiring AI policy researchers, explaining the role in a thread.
- Vision: a human-centered future where AI extends human will and judgment; the company ships open models, human-in-the-loop collaboration, and tools like Tinker
- Research goals: short term, how policy can support safe open weights; long term, how policy could support a decentralized AI ecosystem
- Duties: shape the nascent policy research agenda, identify questions best suited to answer, conduct research, and cultivate a policy research community
The author stresses these are open research questions requiring policy responses that are technically feasible today and scale with AI's rate of improvement.
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