Alex Flint

Alex Flint is an independent AI alignment researcher and monastic. He completed his PhD with the Active Vision Lab at the University of Oxford (2008-2012) in robotics and computer vision on a Clarendon Fund scholarship, following undergraduate studies in computer science at the University of Adelaide. After his PhD he led computer vision engineering at Flyby Media in New York City, then co-founded Zippy.ai, a robotics startup focused on last-mile delivery, which was acquired by Cruise (GM's autonomous vehicle division) in 2018. He subsequently left industry to pursue independent AI alignment research and is affiliated with the Monastic Academy for the Preservation of Life on Earth in Vermont. His alignment research focuses on foundational theories of optimization, knowledge, and agency, including a widely cited post "The ground of optimization" selected as Best of LessWrong 2020. He has received funding from the Long-Term Future Fund for independent research and is active on LessWrong and the AI Alignment Forum.

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