person
Geoffrey Miller
UNM evolutionary psychologist; AGI pause advocate
Evolutionary psychologist who has become a vocal public advocate for pausing AGI research. Frames the continued race as ethically reckless.
Profile
expertise
External-domain expert
Recognised expert outside AI (philosophy, economics, biology, journalism) who weighs in on AI consequences from that vantage.
Evolutionary psychologist (UNM). 'Spent', 'Mate'. AI engagement is mostly via long-podcasts and Twitter/X. Not a technical AI contributor.
recognition
Field-leading
Widely known inside the AI and AI-safety community. Appears repeatedly in top venues, podcasts, or governance forums. Not a household name to outsiders.
Active podcast presence; less mainstream-press visibility.
vintage
Post-ChatGPT
Entered the AI strategy debate in or after 2023. ChatGPT was already public when their voice became influential. Often shaped by Pause letter, AISIs, AI 2027.
Evolutionary psychologist; AI risk commentary intensified post-ChatGPT (signed pause letter 2023).
Hand-classified. See the board for the criteria and the full grid.
p(doom)
- 50%2024
Definition used: ~50% p(doom) with wide error bars (5–80%).
Modern Wisdom, Geoffrey Miller episode · Modern Wisdom
Strategy positions
Pauseendorses
Halt frontier training until alignment catches upPublicly advocates for a moratorium on advanced AI; characterises current AGI pursuit as 'reckless and dangerous and evil and stupid'.
Continued pursuit of AGI capabilities is reckless and dangerous and evil and stupid.
Closest strategy neighbours
by jaccard overlapOther people whose strategy tags overlap with Geoffrey Miller's. Overlap is on tag identity, not stance; opposites can show up if they reference the same tags.
Record last updated 2026-04-24.