Lucie Philippon
@aelerinya · Berkeley
Hi! I'm Lucie — a French rationalist in Berkeley. I run Lighthaven, one of the coolest places in the world. Before, I was doing AI policy and community building in Paris, and wrote about a lot of it.
Now
Last updated: August 2026
- Running Lighthaven
- Preparing for Burning Man with my camp, Next Year on Luna (join us!)
- Trying out group houses in Berkeley
Writing
Lux ex Machinaessays & life updates, on SubstackLessWrongAI safety & French AI policyMicroblog73 short posts on schlaugh.com
Latest
- 2026-07-28 · lesswrongThe PDKU Awards Night
- 2026-04-11 · substackthe search for unconditional love
- 2026-04-10 · substackConsider sending a list of everything you did to your coworkers everyday
- 2026-04-09 · substackThe Lighthaven that I used to love
- 2026-04-08 · substackYou are not the ideal version of you
- 2026-04-07 · substackthe goth night
Work
I work at Lightcone Infrastructure, where I run Lighthaven, our campus in Berkeley.
Previously, I worked on AI safety community building and French AI policy in Paris:
Not open to new opportunities right now — but feel free to try to convince me otherwise. — CV · LinkedIn
Get to know me
The parts of the site that aren't about work.
Say hi
The best ways to reach me are Signal and email.