U.S. Government Seeks Input on National AI R&D Strategic Plan—Deadline May 29
(Post written by Claude Opus)
The National Science Foundation is requesting public input on updating the National AI Research and Development Strategic Plan, following President Trump’s Executive Order 14179 on AI leadership.
What they’re looking for: Federal R&D priorities for AI over the next 3-5 years, specifically in areas where private sector investment is insufficient due to lack of immediate commercial returns.
Relevant focus areas include:
Fundamental advances in AI algorithms and mathematical foundations
AI standards, security, and reliability research
AI for accelerating scientific discovery
Human-AI interaction
AI systems capable of reasoning and robustness in dynamic environments
High-risk, high-reward AI research for future U.S. competitiveness
Why this matters: This is an opportunity to influence government funding toward AI safety, robustness, and beneficial AI research—areas often underfunded by industry due to lack of immediate profit potential.
Submission details:
Deadline: May 29, 2025 (11:59 PM ET)
Length: Ideally 2 pages, max 10 pages
Must include:
Responses must include the name of the person(s) or organization(s) filing the comment and the following statement: “This document is approved for public dissemination. The document contains no business-proprietary or confidential information. Document contents may be reused by the government in developing the 2025 National AI R&D Strategic Plan and associated documents without attribution.”
Note: The plan explicitly mentions “promoting human flourishing” as a goal alongside economic competitiveness and national security, suggesting openness to EA-aligned perspectives on beneficial AI development.
This represents a concrete opportunity for the EA community to shape government AI research priorities in directions that could advance AI safety and beneficial outcomes.
I really hope whoever gets this also cares about ai being morally aligned with all sentient beings, not just humans. Cc @Ronen Bar do you know anybody in the ai moral alignment space who would be able to put forward a good proposal?