Connor Heaton

Ex-management consultant trying to improve the odds of AI going well for humanity.

I want to make the future a wildly better place, and I think the fastest and most likely path to that lies through responsible technological advancement, particularly the creation of aligned human-level artificial intelligence.

• The future of AI and society
• The science of happiness
• Enshittification and how to constrain capitalism to the benefit of society
• Inadequate equilibria
• The role of culture in near-future utopias

• Briefings on AI risks to dozens of civil organizations, including ACLU, SAG-AFTRA, The Elections Group, National League of Cities, and AFL-CIO
• OpenAI Preparedness Challenge entry - winning top 10
• AI policy and strategy projects for financial institutions
• AI lectures, interviews, and writings on the implications of LLMs in the financial space
• Technology strategy and innovation management framework for DOD agency
• Process automation development and governance projects with USPS and DHS

Apologies for the paucity of links, most of my work has been confidential or sensitive. Links to my public content available here.

Much like ASI, blog is coming soon, in 5 years, or possibly never. Update: we beat ASI, blog exists now! Check it out here.