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Eliezer Yudkowsky
Philosopher and self-taught researcher who founded the modern AI alignment field.
Organizations
Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
Major Achievements
- •Co-founded MIRI to explicitly focus on the mathematics of 'Friendly AI'.
- •Wrote foundational essays articulating existential risk from unaligned Artificial General Intelligence.
- •Popularized these concepts extensively on forums like LessWrong, deeply influencing leaders at DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic.
Videos
Will Superintelligent AI End the World? | Eliezer Yudkowsky | TED
TED
Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization | Lex Fridman Podcast #368
Lex Fridman