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Buck Shlegeris

AI safety research; Redwood Research leadership

Expert Positions2 topics

TopicViewEstimateConfidenceDate
How Hard Is Alignment?Very hard — focus on control insteadEasier to assume misalignment and control for ithigh2025
Will Advanced AI Be Deceptive?Significant risk~30% probability of scheming before escape attemptmediumApr 2024

Publications & Resources1

Iterated Amplification and Distillation
2018Blog PostAlignment Research

Funding Connections4

Total: $27MReceived: 4
Org receivedRedwood Research — General Support (2022)$11M
2022-08
Org receivedRedwood Research — General Support (2021)$9M
2021-11
Org receivedRedwood Research — General Support (2023)$5M
2023-06
Org receivedRedwood Research — AI Safety Research Collaborations$1M
2025-05

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Organization Roles1

Redwood ResearchFounderCurrent
CEO & Co-founder
Jun 2021 – present

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People
Role / TitleCEO
Employed ByRedwood Research
Biographical
Notable ForAI safety research; Redwood Research leadership
General
Websitehttps://redwoodresearch.org
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