David Abecassis
Bio
David Abecassis is a Technical Governance Researcher at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), where he focuses on strategies to mitigate risks from frontier AI development, particularly technical mechanisms for halting dangerous AI activities. He holds a BS in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. Before joining MIRI, he was the lead designer of Teamfight Tactics at Riot Games, with a background in rapid prototyping of strategy games and social system architecture. He participated in the MATS Summer 2024 program under the mentorship of Lisa Thiergart, where he developed forecasts of US-China relations in the context of transformative AI. His research includes co-authoring papers on technical requirements for halting dangerous AI activities and an international agreement to prevent the premature creation of artificial superintelligence. He has submitted recommendations to the US AI Action Plan advocating for preserving the option to halt AI development as a safeguard against existential risks from artificial superintelligence.
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from Long-Term Future Fund
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- Last Updated
- Mar 22, 2026, 3:21 PM UTC
- Created
- Mar 20, 2026, 2:50 AM UTC