Josiah Lopez-Wild

Irvine, CA

Bio

Updated 03/22/26

Josiah Lopez-Wild is a PhD candidate in the Logic and Philosophy of Science department at the University of California, Irvine, where he expects to complete his doctorate in Spring 2026. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Northwestern University and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. His research focuses on computable decision theory and Bayesian epistemology, specifically developing computable versions of classical representation theorems from decision theory using tools from computable analysis and algorithmic randomness. He is the author of 'A Computable von Neumann-Morgenstern Representation Theorem' (forthcoming in Synthese, 2025) and co-authored 'Cartesian Frames' (2021) with MIRI researcher Scott Garrabrant and Daniel A. Herrmann, an AI alignment framework applying Chu space mathematics to agent theory. He was introduced to AI safety research through conversations within UCI's LPS program and has received funding from the Long-Term Future Fund for his PhD research related to AI safety.