Jacob Dwelle

I am a philosopher by training, applying critical thinking to the defining challenges of our technological moment. My work rests on a conviction that the most pressing questions of the coming decade are not purely technical — they are ethical, political, and profoundly human.

Currently, I work at NTEN, where I focus on applied AI ethics and governance for the nonprofit sector. I lead our longitudinal survey project — a sector-wide study tracking how organizations are implementing AI, navigating shadow use, and developing governance frameworks. This research is designed to produce actionable findings that inform organizational policy and practice.

I am also writing a book, subtitled Advice for Young People in the Era of AI, which draws on the thinking of philosophers, psychologists, engineers, organizers, and historical figures to address the most pressing questions facing people entering a workforce reshaped by artificial intelligence. The book's central argument is simple: the tools change, but the questions that matter most — about meaning, work, identity, and value — do not.

My broader project is to bridge the gap between AI implementation and human well-being: to ask, with rigor and honesty, what we gain and what we risk when we hand over cognitive and creative labor to machines — and what it means to remain a knowledge worker in an age that may not value knowledge in the ways we once assumed.