Geoffrey Miller

Evolutionary psychology professor, author of 'The Mating Mind', 'Spent', 'Mate', & 'Virtue Signaling'. B.A. Columbia; Ph.D. Stanford. My research has focused on human cognition, machine learning, mate choice, intelligence, genetics, emotions, mental health, and moral virtues. Interested in long termism, X risk, longevity, pronatalism, population ethics, AGI, China, crypto.

Posts

New movie 'A house of dynamite': Required viewing about nuclear X-risk
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2025-10-28 | +6 | 0 comments

My talk on AI risks at the National Conservatism conference last week
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2025-09-11 | +83 | 0 comments

A tale of two Sams
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2024-05-21 | +37 | 0 comments

Seeking suggested readings & videos for a new course on 'AI and Psychology'
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2024-05-20 | +32 | 0 comments

Geoffrey Miller's Quick takes
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2024-03-30 | +8 | 0 comments

Suggested readings & videos for a new college course on 'Psychology and AI'?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2024-01-11 | +12 | 0 comments

Food ethics in the newest Rick & Morty episode
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-11-07 | +27 | 0 comments

New report on the state of AI safety in China
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-10-27 | +22 | 0 comments

What are some good critiques of 'e/acc' ('Effective Accelerationism')?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-07-17 | +23 | 0 comments

What new psychology research could best promote AI safety & alignment research?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-07-13 | +29 | 0 comments

A moral backlash against AI will probably slow down AGI development
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-05-31 | +147 | 0 comments

Biomimetic alignment: Alignment between animal genes and animal brains as a...
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-05-26 | +32 | 0 comments

Updated ‘Psychology of EA’ course: reading, videos, and syllabus
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-04-28 | +46 | 0 comments

New 'South Park' episode on AI & Chat GPT
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-03-21 | +13 | 0 comments

Good depictions of speed mismatches between advanced AI systems and humans?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-03-15 | +18 | 0 comments

Game theory work on AI alignment with diverse AI systems, human individuals, &...
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-03-02 | +22 | 0 comments

Which movies have been most effective at expanding your moral circle?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-02-26 | +18 | 0 comments

'Evolutionary debunking arguments' about human moral intuitions
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-01-27 | +29 | 0 comments

Public views of EA: some quick-and-dirty Twitter polls
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-11-30 | +14 | 0 comments

A Thanksgiving gratitude exercise for EAs
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-11-22 | +68 | 0 comments

A long-termist perspective on EA's current PR crisis
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-11-18 | +100 | 0 comments

Teaching EA through superhero thought experiments
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-10-28 | +93 | 0 comments

The heritability of human values: A behavior genetic critique of Shard Theory
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-10-20 | +49 | 0 comments

Accepting 2 PhD students in psychology of EA for next year
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-10-07 | +22 | 0 comments

Likelihood of an anti-AI backlash: Results from a preliminary Twitter poll
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-09-27 | +27 | 0 comments

Ask Me Anything about parenting as an Effective Altruist
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-09-26 | +70 | 0 comments

Crypto 'oracle protocols' for AI alignment with real-world data?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-09-22 | +9 | 0 comments

EA’s brain-over-body bias, and the embodied value problem in AI alignment
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-09-21 | +45 | 0 comments

The heterogeneity of human value types: Implications for AI alignment
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-09-16 | +27 | 0 comments

The religion problem in AI alignment
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-09-16 | +54 | 0 comments

AI alignment with humans... but with which humans?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-09-08 | +51 | 0 comments

'Psychology of Effective Altruism' course syllabus
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-09-07 | +50 | 0 comments

Could a 'permanent global totalitarian state' ever be permanent?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2022-08-23 | +39 | 0 comments

What are the best articles/blogs on the psychology of existential risk?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2020-12-16 | +24 | 0 comments

Seeking EA experts interested in the evolutionary psychology of existential...
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2019-10-23 | +22 | 0 comments

X-risks of SETI and METI?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2019-07-02 | +18 | 0 comments

Suggestions for EA wedding vows?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2019-03-22 | +33 | 0 comments

Cognitive and emotional barriers to EA's growth
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2018-03-09 | +14 | 0 comments

Global catastrophic financial risks?
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2018-02-05 | +10 | 0 comments

New Effective Altruism course syllabus
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2018-01-25 | +19 | 0 comments

Ideological engineering and social control: A neglected topic in AI safety...
by Geoffrey Miller @ 2017-09-01 | +17 | 0 comments