I am an AI and machine learning researcher, a physicist, a fan of progress, and an optimist about technology. I am publishing my academic research and talk about AI a lot on X/Twitter.
Some professional things about me:
- ð I research Large Language Models (LLMs), security, uncertainty, safety, hallucinations, and interpretability at Google DeepMind
- âïļ Led the Large Language Model team at Stability AI
- ð Worked on the Claude model and AI research on the Alignment team at Anthropic
- ð Researched scaling, bridging theory and practice, and out-of-distribution robustness as a Research Scientist Intern at DeepMind
- ð§ Was a Google AI Resident and started and led 5 projects at Google Brain
And a few more academic things about me:
- ð Got my PhD from Stanford University with Prof Surya Ganguli and was an Open Phil AI Fellow
- ð Studied physics and mathematics at Trinity College, University of Cambridge (with first-class honours every year)
- ð Won (ranked #1 in the world) the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in 2011 (and ranked #2 in 2012 and #8 in 2010), and got two silver medals at the International Physics Olympiad (IPhO)
Miscellaneous:
- ð Have an academic blog on AI, math, and physics
- ðŠķ Write an AI research, progress & policy newsletter âĻ Pokrok v AI âĻ in Czech with Kristina Fort
- ð Selected a (Czech) Forbes 30 under 30 in 2022
- ðïļ Advised the Czech President and Minister for Research and Innovation on AI
- ðĻðžâðŦ Mentor high-school students for Yoda Mentorship, teach at Discover Summer Academy and co-organize the Astronomy Olympiad