About me

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I am a senior research scientist at Google DeepMind focusing on AI alignment: ensuring that advanced AI systems try to do what we want them to do and don’t knowingly act against our interests. My past work includes specification gaming, goal misgeneralization, and avoiding side effects.

I co-founded the Future of Life Institute, a non-profit organization working to mitigate technological risks to humanity and increase the chances of a positive future.

My PhD in statistics and machine learning at Harvard focused on building interpretable models.

(The views expressed on this website are my own and do not represent DeepMind, Google, or the Future of Life Institute.)

In my spare time, I enjoy yoga, dancing, rock climbing, hiking, and playing with my toddler.

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