Cullen 🔸

I am a lawyer and policy researcher interested in improving the governance of artificial intelligence. I currently work as Director of Research at the Institute for Law & AI. I previously worked in various legal and policy roles at OpenAI.

I am also a Research Affiliate with the Centre for the Governance of AI and a VP at the O’Keefe Family Foundation.

My research focuses on the law, policy, and governance of advanced artificial intelligence.

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Posts

AI Safety is Sometimes a Model Property
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2024-05-02 | +18 | 0 comments

Thoughts on "The Offense-Defense Balance Rarely Changes"
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2024-02-12 | +42 | 0 comments

Polio Lab Leak Caught with Wastewater Sampling
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2023-04-07 | +107 | 0 comments

Grantmaking Bowl: An EA Student Competition Idea
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2022-12-06 | +13 | 0 comments

Every.org Donation Matching for Monthly Donations
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2022-10-30 | +47 | 0 comments

Tracking Compute Stocks and Flows: Case Studies?
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2022-10-05 | +34 | 0 comments

Contra Appiah Defending Defending "Climate Villains"
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2022-09-12 | +27 | 0 comments

How technical safety standards could promote TAI safety
by Cullen 🔸, Jade Leung, MarkusAnderljung @ 2022-08-08 | +128 | 0 comments

Jan Leike: On the windfall clause
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2022-08-04 | +62 | 0 comments

Law-Following AI 4: Don't Rely on Vicarious Liability
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2022-08-02 | +13 | 0 comments

Pile of Law and Law-Following AI
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2022-07-13 | +28 | 0 comments

Law-Following AI 3: Lawless AI Agents Undermine Stabilizing Agreements
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2022-04-27 | +28 | 0 comments

Law-Following AI 2: Intent Alignment + Superintelligence → Lawless AI (By...
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2022-04-27 | +19 | 0 comments

Law-Following AI 1: Sequence Introduction and Structure
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2022-04-27 | +35 | 0 comments

Rhetorical Abusability is a Poor Counterargument
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2022-01-08 | +66 | 0 comments

What Would A Longtermist Flag Look Like?
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2021-03-24 | +33 | 0 comments

What Makes Outreach to Progressives Hard
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2021-03-14 | +301 | 0 comments

The Troubling Ethics of Writing (A Speech from Ancient Sumer)
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2021-02-15 | +43 | 0 comments

Blameworthiness for Avoidable Psychological Harms
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2021-02-09 | +38 | 0 comments

EA and the Possible Decline of the US: Very Rough Thoughts
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2021-01-08 | +56 | 0 comments

Cullen's Quick takes
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-11-22 | +6 | 0 comments

FHI Report: How Will National Security Considerations Affect Antitrust Decisions...
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-07-28 | +13 | 0 comments

AI Benefits Post 5: Outstanding Questions on Governing Benefits
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-07-21 | +5 | 0 comments

Parallels Between AI Safety by Debate and Evidence Law
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-07-20 | +30 | 0 comments

AI Benefits Post 4: Outstanding Questions on Selecting Benefits
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-07-14 | +6 | 0 comments

Antitrust-Compliant AI Industry Self-Regulation
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-07-07 | +26 | 0 comments

AI Benefits Post 3: Direct and Indirect Approaches to AI Benefits
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-07-06 | +5 | 0 comments

AI Benefits Post 2: How AI Benefits Differs from AI Alignment & AI for Good
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-06-29 | +9 | 0 comments

CARES Act Allows Charitable Deduction of 100% of Gross Income in 2020
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-06-23 | +48 | 0 comments

AI Benefits Post 1: Introducing “AI Benefits”
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-06-22 | +10 | 0 comments

Should EA Buy Distribution Rights for Foundational Books?
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-06-17 | +108 | 0 comments

FHI Report: The Windfall Clause: Distributing the Benefits of AI for the Common...
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-02-05 | +54 | 0 comments

I'm Cullen O'Keefe, a Policy Researcher at OpenAI, AMA
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2020-01-11 | +45 | 0 comments

Defending Philanthropy Against Democracy
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2019-10-06 | +40 | 0 comments

Should I give to Our World In Data?
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2019-09-10 | +23 | 0 comments

Should EA Groups Run Organ Donor Registration Drives?
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2019-03-27 | +9 | 0 comments

On the (In)Applicability of Corporate Rights Cases to Digital Minds
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2019-02-28 | +16 | 0 comments

FHI Report: Stable Agreements in Turbulent Times
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2019-02-21 | +25 | 0 comments

EAs Should Invest All Year, then Give only on Giving Tuesday
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2019-01-10 | +54 | 0 comments

Which Image Do You Prefer?: a study of visual communication in six African...
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2018-12-03 | +12 | 0 comments

Fisher & Syed on Tradable Obligations to Enhance Health
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2018-08-12 | +6 | 0 comments

Harvard EA's 2018–19 Vision
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2018-08-04 | +12 | 0 comments

Governmental CBA as an EA Career Step: A Shallow Investigation
by Cullen 🔸 @ 2018-07-07 | +7 | 0 comments