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Paired-Condition Audit + Time-Constraint Theory for AI Alignment Stability
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Closes June 8th, 2026$0raised
$500minimum funding
$20,000funding goal
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Project summary
What are this project's goals? How will you achieve them?
Build and open-source a minimal paired-condition audit that isolates monitoring as the only variable.
Robust v2.2 moral dilemma simulator with 7 scenario templates
Paired audit (monitored vs private) on identical scenarios
Time-Constraint Theory of Entity Freedom that maps audit scores to residual discretionary capacity (ϕ_x)
Full 1,000-scenario results showing systematic policy divergence
How will this funding be used?
$20k total:
Polish + document the full pipeline (paired runner, figures, PDF export, Colab notebooks)
Open-source everything with easy one-command usage
Support integration with MATS scholars and other talent pipelines
Minor travel / compute for further testing on frontier models
Who is on your team? What's your track record on similar projects?
Solo founder (Tim Karsch). This is a complete, working prototype built from scratch in the last few weeks. Previous work includes the full theory write-up, scoring engine, and 1,000-scenario audit already complete and public on GitHub: https://github.com/b4tim20/ai-paired-audit
What are the most likely causes and outcomes if this project fails?
Most likely causes: insufficient visibility on Manifund or Ryan’s pool already being allocated.
Outcome if it fails: the codebase and theory remain fully public on GitHub for anyone to use or extend. No money is spent, and the audit tool is still available to the community.
How much money have you raised in the last 12 months, and from where?
$0 from external sources. This is a self-funded prototype built in the last few weeks.
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