Meet the Team

Dillon is a senior studying Math and Computer Science. Last summer, he was a Generator Resident assisting with the launch of Plan A by the AI Futures Project. Before that, he did interpretability research on personas for the Stanford NLP Group and optimized data infrastructure at Meta. He's most concerned with loss of control risks from AI, but also finds concentration of power and misuse threats deeply worrying. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis, reading blog posts, and waltzing in Roble 113.

Zach is a junior studying international relations. He's solo-traveled China to interview diplomats, business leaders, and journalists about AI, helped executives implement the technology at BCG, and founded Mangrove, a platform connecting 500+ people to projects and jobs in AI safety. By night, he likes to market coffee shops and lemonade stands.

William Harrison is a sophomore studying math and computer science. He is interested in technical AI safety research to understand and mitigate risks.

Elline Harrison is a junior studying Symbolic Systems. She loves making beautiful products and making tech more accessible. In her free time you can find her jamming on her bass.

Xiaoyao is a sophomore studying CS and trying to choose between IR/Philo/Psych. He gravitates intellectually towards alignment training, but because we're struggling to measure alignment, he's focused on propensity evaluations at present. Currently, he is working with Second Look Research to replicate papers which have shifted bets in safety research, and constructing a corrigibility benchmark with a BlueDot rapid grant. He is also building context in China-US coordination, and is particularly excited about track II dialogue. In a previous life, he was a debater of Team China and a published historian of queerness in 20th century China.

Lily is a sophomore studying Design (AI & UX track) with a minor in Symbolic Systems (HCI). As SAGA's creative generalist, she works across marketing, growth, events, and design. She loves technology but is concerned about how quickly AI is developing and how it may drive people apart. Outside SAGA, she is the founding designer and CMO of dazi, a social app that helps people meet in real life through low-pressure, activity-based gatherings. In her free time, she sails, makes art, and goes to the gym.

Iris is a sophomore studying CS and Political Science. She is interested in NLP, tech policy, and mechanistic interpretability. Currently, as a SPAR mentee, she is working on influence functions for knowledge localization under Eleuther AI. Iris can name all the presidents in order and is happiest when overanalyzing poems to you for hours on end. She may secretly be a Fizz influencer.

Sonia is a first-year Master's student studying Computer Science. Her interests include AI control and embodied alignment, particularly for physical AI and robotics applications. She previously worked at AWS on AI infrastructure for high-performance computing. In her free time, she enjoys Pilates and playing the Hamilton soundtrack on repeat (not necessarily at the same time).

Peter is a junior studying physics and public policy, currently working on Scott Wiener’s congressional campaign. On a quiet afternoon, you can find him writing at Coupa Cafe.

Jackson is a sophomore studying Symbolic Systems. When he isn't working on AI safety, he's probably reading or doing an escape room (he's done over 90 so far). If you meet him, ask him for escape room or sci-fi book recommendations.

Jay is a fifth-year at Stanford pursuing a graduate degree in Computer Science. He's from the sunny city of San Jose. He's worried about the future and looming x-risks, but still optimistic that advances in deep learning will change the world for the better. He's driven by the hope that his work will make a real difference in people's lives.

Christian is a freshman studying Math and Computer Science. Currently, he is an Anthropic Fellow working on technical safety and alignment research. He also does community management for EleutherAI, including running EleutherAI's summer research program, SOAR. Previously, he worked on neural network architectures.

Emma is a former leader of SAGA and a coterm studying computer science with a concentration in AI. She has worked on AI safety and governance research, and is passionate about developing ethical and aligned computer systems. Her hobbies include nature photography, paddle-boarding, and listening to music.

Jacob would have been a junior this year, but he's taking a leave of absence to pursue AI safety full-time! This past summer, he was a Technical Governance Fellow at MIRI. He has also dabbled in mechanistic interpretability research, political advocacy for AI safety, and co-running SAGA. He enjoys biking, Taylor Swift, and experiencing unusual things; in a past life, he was a prolific puzzle creator who once solved seven wordles in 17 seconds.