Update: I'm currently on leave from Cambridge to work as a student researcher at Google DeepMind, focusing on model identity / character.
Hey! I'm a second year PhD student in the Language Technology Lab at Cambridge, where I work on aligning AI assistants. I'm supervised by Anna Korhonen and Ramit Debnath.
I want the future to go well because of AI, not in spite of it, so I work on problems I think will bring us closer to that future. Currently, my main research focus is on the character and value systems of AI assistants. I work on shaping these qualities during post-training - this is called character training. This work began last year during my time at MATS, where I was mentored by Evan Hubinger and Nathan Lambert. See our paper, and stay tuned for upcoming work. I'm very excited about open-source work in this area, so please get in touch if you'd like to get involved!
AI assistants are in some ways very similar to humans and in other ways very different. This can lead to a lot of confusion! I think humans should have tools and techniques that help us avoid being deceived by AIs (unintentionally or not), and this is something I work on at Cadenza Labs. We're currently running an AI lie-detection competition - consider participating if this sounds fun!
You can reach me at sm2783[at]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk or through the links below.