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Brian Christian

As of October 2026, Brian Christian is a Research Fellow at the Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC Berkeley, and his research spans AI alignment and computational cognitive science. He competed as a "confederate" in the 2009 Loebner Prize, and his book The Most Human Human was published in 2011. With Tom Griffiths, he wrote Algorithms to Live By in 2016. His 2020 book The Alignment Problem centers on ethics and human values in machine learning and artificial intelligence, and in 2022 he was named one of the inaugural recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication. In 2025 he wrote the introduction to a 75th-anniversary edition of Norbert Wiener's The Human Use of Human Beings.

Timeline

  1. 1984

    Born in Wilmington, Delaware

    Born in 1984 in Wilmington, Delaware, he studies computer science and philosophy at Brown.

  2. 2009–2011

    Confederate in the Loebner Prize

    He competes as a "confederate" in the 2009 Loebner Prize, and his book The Most Human Human is published in 2011.

  3. 2016

    Algorithms to Live By

    He co-writes Algorithms to Live By with cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths in 2016, and the book is a #1 bestselling nonfiction title on Audible.

  4. 2020

    Writing The Alignment Problem

    In 2020 he publishes The Alignment Problem, which centers on ethics and human values in machine learning and artificial intelligence.

  5. 2022

    Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards

    In 2022 he is named one of the inaugural recipients of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication.

  6. 2023

    A Clarendon Scholarship at Oxford

    In 2023 he is awarded a Clarendon Scholarship to pursue a doctorate in experimental psychology at Oxford.

  7. 2025

    Introducing Norbert Wiener's classic

    In 2025 he writes the introduction to a 75th-anniversary edition of Norbert Wiener's The Human Use of Human Beings.

  8. As of October 2026

    Research Fellow at CHAI

    He is a Research Fellow at the Center for Human-Compatible AI at UC Berkeley, and his research spans AI alignment and computational cognitive science.

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  1. Bio / Contact | Brian Christian brianchristian.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Brian Christian - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. Brian Christian | Edge.org edge.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. Brian Christian - Artist - MacDowell macdowell.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. Brian Christian’s “The Alignment Problem” wins the Excellence in Science Communication Award From Eric & Wendy Schmidt and the National Academies – Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence humancompatible.ai. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. The Human Implications of AI with Brian Christian nationalacademies.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society | BookFrontier bookfrontier.com. Checked 14 October 2026.