Hi, I’m Jemal Young. I’m interested in the technical problems and policy challenges of advanced AI development. You can reach me at jemalyoung@gmail.com.

Here you’ll find links to things I’ve written and information about my background as it relates to AI.

Policy and governance
Decentralized Frontier AI Training and the Risk of U.S.-China Escalation (November 2025)
U.S. Leadership in Setting Limits on AI in Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications:
Lessons from Nuclear Arms Control in Outer Space (October 2025)
Preparing for Superhuman AI Forecasting: A Policy Strategy (October 2025)
Response to OSTP/NITRD RFI on the Development of a 2025 National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development (R&D) Strategic Plan (May 2025)
Aspirational Framework for Continuous Risk Monitoring of Frontier AI Systems (April 2025)
Response to OSTP/NSF RFI on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan (March 2025)
Can efficiency-adjustable reporting thresholds close a loophole in Biden’s executive order on AI? (June 2024)
Risk analysis
Safe Search is off: root causes of AI catastrophic risks (January 2025)
Miscellaneous
“Unintentional AI safety research”: Why not systematically mine AI technical research for safety purposes? (March 2023)
Education
Master of Technology Policy, RAND School of Public Policy, expected 2027
B.A., Sociology, University of Southern California, 1999
Professional development
Deep Dive 201 AI Policy Course, ENAIS, 2025
AI Fluency Framework & Foundations, Anthropic, 2025
Conversational AI: Ensuring Compliance and Mitigating Risks, Linux Foundation, 2025
Deep Reinforcement Learning Course, Hugging Face, 2025
Robustness for Neural Networks: ISO/IEC 24029-1:2021, British Standards Institute, 2024
Shaping Trust in AI: Understanding ISO/IEC FDIS 42001, British Standards Institute, 2023
AGI Safety Fundamentals, Technical Track, EA Cambridge, 2022
Professional background
Regulatory affairs for AI companies in the medical device industry (Viz.ai, Heartflow)