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Paul Christiano is one of the most influential figures in technical AI safety; his personal site is a primary source for his research agenda, foundational alignment proposals, and evolving views on AI risk.

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Personal website of Paul Christiano, a leading AI safety researcher and founder of the Alignment Research Center (ARC). The site serves as a hub for his research, blog posts, and thinking on AI alignment, including foundational work on iterated amplification, debate, and other technical alignment approaches.

Key Points

  • Paul Christiano is a former OpenAI researcher and founder of the Alignment Research Center (ARC), a key AI safety organization
  • He developed influential alignment proposals including iterated amplification and AI safety via debate
  • His work on RLHF (Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback) has had major practical impact on modern AI systems
  • The site aggregates his blog posts, technical writing, and public thinking on AI risk and alignment strategies
  • He is known for nuanced probabilistic views on AI timelines and risk estimates

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 I am the head of AI safety at the Center for AI Standards and Innovation within NIST. I previously ran the Alignment Research Center and the language model alignment team at OpenAI . Before that I received my PhD in statistical learning theory from UC Berkeley.

 You may be interested in my writing about alignment , my blog , my academic publications , or fun and games .

 You can reach me at paulfchristiano@gmail.com. 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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