Yiqin Fu

PhD Candidate @ Stanford Political Science

Yiqin Fu is a Research Fellow at the AI Futures Fellowship and a 5th-year PhD student in political science at Stanford University.3 Her research focuses on Chinese innovation, particularly in the field of artificial intelligence, using quantitative methods to analyze investment and patent data.3

As part of the AI Futures Fellowship, Yiqin is working on a project exploring emergent capabilities of AI and their implications for international security.3 This aligns with the fellowship's focus on catastrophic and existential risks from advanced AI systems.

Some key points about Yiqin Fu:

She is pronounced "ee-ching"3
Her academic background includes studying Chinese innovation using quantitative approaches3
She was awarded the Schmidt Futures International Strategy Forum PhD Research Fellowship4
Her research at Stanford involves studying the impact of China's industrial policy in AI and Chinese developers' relationship with open source software platforms2

Yiqin's involvement in the AI Futures Fellowship demonstrates her commitment to addressing important questions surrounding the development and governance of advanced AI systems. The fellowship provides her with opportunities to collaborate with experts from leading institutions and contribute to the global effort of ensuring the safe development of AI technologies.1

Highlights

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AI Futures Fellowship

Experience

Summer Research Fellow at the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI) (July 2023 - Present)

Doctoral Student at Stanford University (2019 - July 2023); Research Associate at Yale Law School (September 2017 - July 2019); Op-ed Contributor, Data Column, Chinese Edition at Financial Times (May 2016 - January 2019); Tech and China Markets Intern Reporter at Bloomberg News (June 2016 - August 2016); Contributor at Foreign Policy Magazine (June 2013 - October 2014)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Stanford University (2019 - present); Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) at University of Oxford (2014 - 2017); High School at Milton Academy (2011 - 2014); Attended Nanjing Foreign Language School