# [Ada Okafor](https://longwake.org/people/ada-okafor) (she/her)

Researching how AI could enable coups, and the institutional safeguards against it

- **Affiliations:** Senior researcher, Northline Policy Institute
- **Location:** London
- **Topics:** AI-enabled coups, Checks and balances
- **Open to:** Collaborating, Reviewing drafts, A quick chat
- **Contact:** Open to messages
- **Email:** ada@example.org
- **Book a call:** https://example.org/book/ada
- **Links:** [website](https://example.org/ada), [lesswrong](https://example.org/lw/ada)
- **Selected work:**
  - [Which safeguards fail first? A survey of historical power grabs](https://example.org/papers/safeguards) (2026)

I study historical power grabs and what changes when a small group can replace human cooperation with AI systems. Currently mapping which checks and balances fail first.

I'm looking for collaborators with legal or military-history backgrounds.

_Sample profile for development; not a real person._