Dr. Ally Krupar

Educator, Researcher, Human rights advocate, techie, wanderer, cheese connoisseur; Views are my own.

[Sarthak Agrawal @tobesarthak]

In December 2022, I left OpenAI for DC because I feared we were developing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), a false machine-god that could lead to the extinction of humanity or worse. Instead, I co-organized the Senate Judiciary's "Oversight of A.I.” hearings from 2023-2024, wrote the first draft of the Hawley-Blumenthal AI Risk Evaluation Act of 2025, and advised on the Obernolte-Trahan FRONTIER Act of 2026.

I'm not afraid of the AI systems being malicious. I'm terrified of them taking the things we need to survive. Regardless of whether you think AI is using too much water and energy now, we can all agree that a world where AI consumes too much of our resources would price our basic needs out of reach. We're not there yet, but we're on track to get there. That’s how the world could end; not with a flash of fire, but the silence of starvation.

The current approach to building AI systems prioritizes growth at all costs, making systems that are more and more powerful, until there will be nothing left for anyone else. The systems built reflect the broader incentive systems that produced them. The companies that want to cut costs by firing people and make money by charging as much as they can have no incentive to do anything else; is it surprising that AI systems reflect faceless corporations, conformist schools, and heartless hospitals, which always felt like machines in the first place?

And if we survive this AI crisis, we will live in the world that is designed for those who build the technical and political solutions to the problem. If AI alignment is solved for only powerful insiders, we who are left on the outside will live in their world. As an American, I was born free, and I will not sell my rights to corporations for trivial conveniences.

If you are skeptical of this problem, I'm excited to hear from you. Tell me what you need to understand my point of view, what your doubts are, and I will do my best to explain. And if I misunderstand your perspective, I welcome clarification. You have every right to demand more from your experts, and if you will let me, I would love to serve.

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

How foreign assistance puts America first: https://t.co/CNWvrELbQL

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

Independent investigation to Save the Children staff member's death in #Yemen https://t.co/nt9FH5ysxM

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

We started with an idea with Save the Children Lebanon, through many iterations to a final product, piloted and situated for future use (after contextualization, adaptation, etc.) but I'm happy to share our findings from #LearningTree https://t.co/QIGQC5dubf

[Clay Westrope @cwestrope]

Come join me and a number of @SavetheChildren colleagues at #CIES2023 next week to learn more about our programs and the evidence we have generated.

[Save the Children US @SavetheChildren]

Children in #Ukraine are terrified. They hear explosions and are being asked to flee with just the clothes on their backs.

We're calling for an immediate end to the fighting. Children's lives and futures are at stake.

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

We're #hiring! Three new #research positions:

Child Protection and Wellbeing Research, Evidence & Learning - https://t.co/FC2CFbWiqT
School-Aged Research, Evidence & Learning - https://t.co/b1H7FIjgeT
Early Childhood Research, Evidence & Learning - https://t.co/uDOqUwJGtF

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

Check out the new volume of the Journal on Education in Emergencies (and the article with @NikhitDsa !): https://t.co/sDI8iqH8Gp #PSSandSELinEmergencies #education @INEEtweets @JournalonEiE

[Bahar Jalali بهار جلالی🇦🇫 @RoxanaBahar1]

The website of the American University of Afghanistan is gone. #Afghanistan

[NORRAG @norrag]

On the anniversary of the publication of #GradingGoalFour, edited by @AntoniaWulff, @norrag is hosting 2 webinars on prioritization of targets & sustainability of progress toward Goal 4. Join us on 21 & 24 June from 4pm CEST!

Register here: https://t.co/ZjDICqTfaM

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

@ece_sig We're ready to go for the "How do I measure "fuzzy" social and emotional skills?: Developments and adaptations of an SEL measure in low-resource, fragile environment" #preconference workshop #vCIES2021 with @NikhitDsa and Julia Finder Johna, starting at 1:30pm PDT/4:30 PM EDT

[Education in Conflict and Emergencies SIG @eice_sig]

Welcome to #vCIES2021! Pre-conference workshops are live. Check out our friends from Save the Children presenting on: "How do I measure "fuzzy" social and emotional skills?: Developments and adaptations of an SEL measure in low-resource, fragile environment" today @ 1:30pm PDT

[Emma Wagner @EWagner48]

This time last year 100s of pledges were made at the #GlobalRefugeeForum, but #COVID19 has stunted their implementation. See @save_children's new report accessing the status of refugee education in 10 countries & my new @INEEtweets blog #SaveOurEducation

https://t.co/Bn326vOmDH

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

Watching Republican senators make sense of what just happened and I finally get it. They don’t know how to tell their supporters the truth. They don’t want to disappoint and the lies have spiraled out of control. Classic sitcom narrative #itsrealtho #congress #treeupalljanuary

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

@naunihalpublic “Rabble” have been involved in more than one coup in past incidences in other countries. Incited by a charismatic leader, not official necessarily but armed with weapons to defend their leader

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

@cblatts Truth. It was an attempted coup

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

Call it what it is. It’s an attempted coup #DCProtests

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

For refugee children, the pandemic is pushing education further out of reach. We owe it to the children & communities we serve to shift how we approach #RefugeeEducation. Read the new blog from @kevinAtSave & @SB4Edu from @AGFforE: https://t.co/vJpX9iEhOa

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

A look back at Education Research in 2020 from @SavetheChildren https://t.co/MD5leqIO4I

[Dr. Ally Krupar @AllyKrupar]

A much need conversation beginning, thanks to @jess_oddy: "We need to start talking about race, power, and privilege in the Education in Emergencies sector" https://t.co/O2YW1mGhok