I’m a technical AI researcher, engineer, and former founder based in SF. My current research interests lie in scalable safety/alignment, value representation, and human-AI cooperation.
If you’re interested in collaborating, please don’t hesitate to reach out!
Education
University of California, Berkeley c/o 2024
Computer Science, Highest Distinction
- Cal Dragon Boat
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon Honors Society
- ”Borrowed” a Calapalooza Banner (seeInstalling the Calapalooza Banner) one night with my roommate and kept it hung up in our apartment for 2 years
Work History
In my research endeavors, I was most recently a research fellow at both MATS and Haize Labs. A concise summary of my recent work history:
- Haize Labs | Research Fellow: ****Worked on techniques for improving model alignment to human preferences in non-verifiable domains, improving sample efficiency for training in such domains, and scaling weak supervision in LLMs (last one currently in progress).
- MATS | Research Fellow: ****Worked with Owain Evans on model evaluations and dangerous capabilities demonstrations. Developed black-box techniques to probe models for hidden beliefs and demonstrated that models can generalize novel backdoor triggers and behaviors through out-of-context reasoning.
- OpenAI | Engineer: ****Worked on ChatGPT and related products. Part of the core team that developed 1-800-ChatGPT and OpenAI’s authentication platform.
- Sonnet | Founder: ****Founded a startup in 2022 for automating meeting note-taking. Handled all of the engineering and research required for such a product to work consistently at scale. Exited October 2024.
Writing and Publications
Writing and Publications