person
Alex Turner
DeepMind alignment researcher; shard theory co-originator
DeepMind alignment researcher who, with Quintin Pope, developed shard theory. Also contributed the 'power-seeking' theorems that formalise how optimal policies tend to acquire power.
current Alignment researcher, Google DeepMind
Strategy positions
Alignment firstendorses
Solve technical alignment before capability thresholds closeBoth co-developer of shard theory (optimistic inside view) and author of formal power-seeking results (pessimistic formal result), representative of the richness of inside-view alignment research.
Optimal policies tend to seek power in a technical sense; but learned policies are not optimal in that sense.
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Record last updated 2026-04-24.