PeopleofSuperintelligence

Lab leader

Buck Shlegeris

Buck Shlegeris is Redwood Research's chief executive, at a nonprofit focused on AI safety and security research. He studied computer science at the Australian National University and joined MIRI after working as a software engineer at PayPal and becoming Triplebyte's first employee. At MIRI, he balanced technical work with recruitment and outreach before becoming Redwood's chief technology officer in 2021. He coauthored an ICML paper on AI control and later explained control research in a 2025 podcast and essay.

Works
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Timeline

  1. 2018

    Joining MIRI

    In 2018, he joins MIRI after studying computer science at ANU and working as a software engineer at PayPal; he is also Triplebyte's first employee.

  2. 2019

    Research and outreach at MIRI

    In 2019, he describes his MIRI role as a mix of technical research and recruitment/outreach.

  3. October 2021

    Redwood's CTO role

    In October 2021, he is Redwood Research's chief technology officer at a lab focused on applied AI alignment.

  4. 2024

    The AI control paper

    In 2024, he coauthors the ICML paper AI Control: Improving Safety Despite Intentional Subversion, which evaluates protocols for keeping untrusted models safe despite deliberate attempts to subvert them.

  5. April 2025

    Explaining AI control

    In April 2025, he describes AI control on the 80,000 Hours podcast as an approach to mitigating catastrophic misalignment risk.

  6. July 2025

    Control protocols and attacks

    In July 2025, he describes Redwood's control work as developing protocols and attacks on those protocols.

  7. As of October 2026

    Leading Redwood Research

    As of October 2026, he is Redwood Research's chief executive at a nonprofit focused on AI safety and security research.

Sources and credits

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  1. Summer MIRI Updates intelligence.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. I'm Buck Shlegeris, I do research and outreach at MIRI, AMA fm-prod.effectivealtruism.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. We're Redwood Research, we do applied alignment research, AMA lesswrong.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. AI Control: Improving Safety Despite Intentional Subversion proceedings.mlr.press. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. #214 – Buck Shlegeris on controlling AI that wants to take over – so we can use it anyway 80000hours.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Why it's hard to make settings for high-stakes control research blog.redwoodresearch.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. Our Team redwoodresearch.org. Checked 15 October 2026.