Stuart Russell — Notable For: Co-author of 'AI: A Modern Approach' (the standard AI textbook); founder of CHAI at UC Berkeley; leading advocate for provably beneficial AI

NoteAll three components of the claim are directly confirmed by the source: (1) Co-author of 'AI: A Modern Approach' - confirmed as 'co-author with Peter Norvig of the authoritative textbook...Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach'; (2) Founder of CHAI at UC Berkeley - confirmed as 'He founded and leads the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence (CHAI) at UC Berkeley'; (3) Leading advocate for provably beneficial AI - confirmed through his extensive work on AI safety, founding CHAI focused on human-compatible AI, his book 'Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control', his participation in the autonomous weapons ban movement, and his role on advisory boards for existential risk organizations. The source text extensively documents his advocacy for safe and beneficial AI.