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Nate Soares

Also known as Nathaniel Soares

Nate Soares is president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), and his AI work runs from a 2014 paper on corrigibility to a 2025 book, co-written with Eliezer Yudkowsky, that argues the race to build superhuman AI has put humanity on the path to extinction. His education includes a computer science and economics degree from George Washington University in 2011. Before joining MIRI as a research fellow in 2014, he worked at NIST, Microsoft and Google. He became MIRI's executive director in 2015 and its president in 2023.

Works
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Timeline

  1. 2011

    A computer science and economics degree

    He receives a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and economics from George Washington University in 2011.

  2. By 2014

    Jobs at NIST, Microsoft and Google

    At the National Institute of Standards and Technology, he works as a research associate and as a Defense Department contractor, then at Microsoft and Google.

  3. 2014

    Research fellow at MIRI

    Leaving Google in 2014, he becomes a research fellow at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute.

  4. 2014–2015

    The Corrigibility paper

    In 2014 he co-authors the Corrigibility paper, published at a 2015 AAAI workshop.

  5. 2015

    Stepping up as executive director

    MIRI's executive director role passes to him in 2015, as Luke Muehlhauser moves to a research position.

  6. 2023

    Becoming president of MIRI

    In 2023 he becomes MIRI's president, while Malo Bourgon becomes its chief executive.

  7. 2025

    A book on superhuman AI risk

    He co-writes If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies with Eliezer Yudkowsky in 2025. The book argues that the race to build superhuman AI has put humanity on the path to extinction. It reaches the New York Times best-seller list in October 2025.

  8. As of October 2026

    President of MIRI

    He is president of MIRI. In 2026 the PBS program Think with Krys Boyd features him in that role.

Sources and credits

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  1. Nate Soares - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  2. Nate Soares | LNB2023 longnowboston.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  3. MIRI's New Executive Director - Future of Life Institute futureoflife.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  4. Announcing MIRI’s new CEO and leadership team — LessWrong lesswrong.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  5. If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org. Checked 14 October 2026.
  6. If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies by Eliezer Yudkowsky & Nate Soares on Apple Books books.apple.com. Checked 14 October 2026.
  7. Think with Krys Boyd: When will A.I. want to kill us? (Nate Soares) pbs.org. Checked 14 October 2026.