Brian Porter

Brian C. Porter is a philosopher and independent AI alignment researcher based in Pittsburgh, PA. He completed his PhD in Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center in February 2023, where he wrote his dissertation "Three Essays on Substructural Approaches to Semantic Paradoxes" under the supervision of Graham Priest. He subsequently held a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, working on the Geography of Philosophy Project. His academic research focused on logic, semantic paradoxes, and experimental semantics, particularly the methodology of testing theories of reference for kind terms. He received a Long-Term Future Fund grant to support one year of independent research and upskilling to transition from academic philosophy to AI alignment research, motivated by his view that recent developments in AI make it critical to ensure AI systems are safe, ethical, and aligned with human goals. He also co-authored a 2024 paper in Scientific Reports examining whether AI-generated poetry is distinguishable from human-authored poetry.

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