Working with me
Thanks for your interest in working with me! If you’re already a full-time researcher, I’m happy to chat about potential collaborations; please reach out directly.
If you’re an undergraduate or master’s student, the entry point for any kind of interaction with me is a fifteen-minute meeting, in person if at all possible. I’d like to hear directly from you what I can help you with. Please note that I do not supervise independent studies.
Note, Fall 2026: I am very unlikely to be able to supervise any more projects this term.
I’m specifically interested in helping students get into AI safety and alignment research. That can generally mean two things:
- Advice on how to get into safety/alignment research, such as what to read, how to complete a project, how to approach researchers, or how to apply to grad schools; or
- Collaboration on a research project that I mentor.
You don’t need to prepare for the meeting; however, you should be able to briefly explain why you’re interested in doing research in safety or alignment.
To set up a meeting, email me with your resume and a few times you’re free (I prefer weekday afternoons). The default will be an in-person meeting; let me know if you must do a video call for any reason, and we can do that instead. I will respond with a time and a room.
If you’re looking to collaborate, please note first that I only supervise students on new rather than existing projects, so each project is a big commitment for me and I can only take them on occasionally; I may simply tell you that I do not have time. If I decide after the meeting that there’s a good fit, I will follow up with a small task and an invitation for a second, longer meeting; I will ask you to read and understand my separate page detailing how I run student research projects and make sure that you can commit the time required. If the second meeting also goes well, we may start a project.
Finally, I do these as time allows. My replies may sometimes take a while, and occasionally I’ll have to decline.