Francis Rhys Ward (Rhys)

Rhys is a researcher at Lawzero. He recently finished his PhD, on formalising and evaluating AI deception. 

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Technically, his work involves both conceptual research, in the intersection of game theory, causality, and philosophy, in addition to empirical evaluations of frontier AI systems. Rhys is now focusing on control-style research and frontier LM agent alignment.

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He is a member of Tom Everitt's Causal Incentives Working Group. Previously, Rhys has worked at the Centre for Assuring Autonomy, the Center on Long-Term Risk, the Centre for the Governance of AI, and the UK’s AI Safety Institute.

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In this MATS cohort, he is looking to work on evals and control-style research.