Sep 14, 2025
Foundation
Eduard Kapelko
This document presents the conceptual framework for establishing an organization named the "Foundation," whose primary goal is to mitigate the existential and systemic risks associated with advanced artificial intelligence. The text outlines a structure designed to ensure the safe and collaborative international development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI), thereby preventing threats such as the realization of the "Vulnerable World Hypothesis," the gradual disempowerment of humanity, and a destabilizing AI arms race. To achieve these goals, a governance model is proposed based on the principles of a narrow mandate, radical financial transparency, rotation of power, and the use of liquid democracy tools in a DAO format. A key security element is a multi-layered internal access control system, consisting of independent teams, which ensures a comprehensive audit of the models and the audit process itself. The document also describes an economic model that transforms the competitive race into a collaborative effort by pooling resources and creating a network effect that incentivizes participants to join the Foundation.
Key strengths of the approach
1) Well-structured and well-fleshed out overall(although a fair bit longer than the 5 page limit!)
2) Strong thinking on the problems and limitations of Red Team and Purple Team models.
3) Clear effort to design transparent structures, set proper objectives, and define roles for each team.
4) Good attention to structural control and incentivization mechanisms, which shows thoughtful design.
Specific areas for improvement
1) The project does not directly engage with CBRN risks or explain how it addresses a specific CBRN threat.It also risks being perceived as “just another body to govern AI,” echoing the mythical idea of a single international AI body.
2) Misses an upfront framing of how the DAO could specifically mitigate CBRN risks and how this adds value compared to existing paradigms.
Suggestions for how to develop this into a stronger project
Reframe the DAO explicitly around CBRN functions, for example, highlight that one of its many functions could be to mitigate CBRN risks and provide specificity: what does DAO-based governance look like when facing a biothreat, radiological incident, or chemical accident?
Potential next steps or future directions
1) Develop an example case e.g., DAO’s role during an accidental pathogen release, radiological material smuggling).
2) Explore integration with existing international CBRN regimes (e.g., OPCW, IAEA) rather than aiming to reinvent a broad global AI body which is very tricky. If looking to do a bottom-up approach then try to show how the incentives for the AI companies would be to back this or take part in it(an example could be maybe something like the Frontier Model Forum).
Cite this work
@misc {
title={
(HckPrj) Foundation
},
author={
Eduard Kapelko
},
date={
9/14/25
},
organization={Apart Research},
note={Research submission to the research sprint hosted by Apart.},
howpublished={https://apartresearch.com}
}
