Shahar Avin is a senior researcher associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER). He works with CSER researchers and others in the global catastrophic risk community to identify and design risk prevention strategies, through organising workshops, building agent-based models, and by frequently asking naive questions.
Prior to CSER, Shahar worked at Google for a year as a mobile/web software engineer. His PhD was in philosophy of science, on the allocation of public funds to research projects. His undergrad was in physics and philosophy of science, which followed a mandatory service in the IDF. He has also worked at and with several startups over the years.
PhD in History and Philosophy of Science, 2014
University of Cambridge
BA + MSci in Natural Sciences, 2010
University of Cambridge
A multiplayer card game that explore key tensions in AI strategy and race dynamics. Designed to be played with a regular card deck.
A strategic AI futures role-play exercise. Aimed at current and future AI decision makers. Designed to be facilitated for groups (in person or online) by domain specialists. Under continuous development by Technology Strategy Roleplay.
A mod that replaces the space victory with a science victory brought about by building an aligned artificial superintelligence. Adds the risk of developing an unaligned artificial superintelligence, which leads to human extinction. Developed by Shai Shapira.
A short quiz to help you figure out whether you should do a PhD.
Agent-based simulation of a community of investigators on an epistemic landscape with a central source of funding.
A silly web game made to explore the concept of authority in scientific decisions.