Projects

Our fellows develop higher-tier capacities through real projects. The projects serve the mission. The mission is not the projects. Each project below is named for the human capacities it develops — the tiers that AI cannot supply — not just for what it builds.

Tiers refer to the Irreducibly Human framework. Learn more at irreducibly.xyz

Madison

Open-source agentic marketing and branding framework for data-driven advertising intelligence.

Develops:
Tier 4 — JudgmentTier 5 — Causal Reasoning

Mycroft

Educational experiment using specialized AI agents to analyze the investment landscape.

Develops:
Tier 4 — JudgmentTier 5 — Causal Reasoning

Medhavy

Adaptive AI-powered learning platform with multi-armed bandit pedagogy engine.

Develops:
Tier 4 — JudgmentTier 6 — Collaborative Synthesis

Lyrical Literacy

AI-generated songs and videos that activate the embodied and social mechanisms of language acquisition.

Develops:
Tier 2 — EmbodiedTier 3 — Social & Ethical

Dayhoff

Open-source agent-based AI bioinformatics framework for computational biology and public health.

Develops:
Tier 5 — Causal ReasoningTier 6 — Collaborative Synthesis

RAMAN Effect

AI-driven spectroscopy and wastewater-based epidemiology for public health surveillance.

Develops:
Tier 5 — Causal Reasoning

Popper

Assertion verification system that scans claims and flags suspect ones for expert review.

Develops:
Tier 4 — Judgment

Boyle

AI-assisted documentary infrastructure for scientific reproducibility using the MVAL protocol.

Develops:
Tier 4 — JudgmentTier 5 — Causal Reasoning

80 Days to Stay

Job tools and agentic AI for OPT job search transparency and efficiency.

Develops:
Tier 4 — Judgment

Musinique

Music research platform exploring Spotify algorithm dynamics and record label history.

Develops:
Tier 5 — Causal Reasoning

Zebonastic

AI-generated creative work and digital prompts exploring generative aesthetics.

Develops:
Tier 3 — Social & Ethical

Wilkes

Developer portfolio verification measuring intent and decision patterns, not just syntax.

Develops:
Tier 4 — Judgment

Become a Fellow

Fellows work on these projects while developing the judgment, causal reasoning, and collaborative synthesis that AI cannot replicate. The portfolio is evidence. The capacities are the product.

Humanitarians AI Lyrical Literacy Project