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Learn how to conduct impactful research in this 46-minute lecture delivered by Lewis Hammond at the 2025 Cooperative AI Summer School. Gain insights from Hammond's extensive experience as Research Director of the Cooperative AI Foundation and DPhil candidate in Computer Science at the University of Oxford, where he specializes in safety and cooperation in multi-agent systems. Discover research methodologies and approaches that focus on ensuring AI and powerful technologies are developed and governed safely and democratically. Explore strategic interactions between agents of different computational capabilities through the lens of someone whose work has been funded by prestigious organizations including the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, OpenAI, and the Long-Term Future Fund. Benefit from Hammond's interdisciplinary background combining mathematics, philosophy, and artificial intelligence, along with his affiliations with the Centre for the Governance of AI and his role as a 'Pathways to AI Policy' fellow at the Wilson Center.
Syllabus
Doing Effective Research by Lewis Hammond
Taught by
Cooperative AI Foundation