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David Scott Krueger

Affiliate Member
Affiliate Member
Assistant Professor, University of Cambridge

My research is focused on deep learning, AI safety and alignment, and more specifically, with understanding how to communicate or “specify” what behavior is desired.  I’m pursuing the three research directions I view as most promising in this area:

I believe solving these problems will ultimately be crucial to our ability to harness advances in AI to improve the world.  Ultimately, however, whether AI will be developed and used beneficially depends more on social than technical factors.  I’ve written about this for the Partnership on AI, and in a recent report on trustworthy AI development.  At Mila, I’ve run reading groups on AI Ethics and mechanisms for tackling global governance issues.

Some highlights of my previous research include: