person
Scott Garrabrant
MIRI researcher; logical induction, Cartesian frames
Machine Intelligence Research Institute researcher who developed logical inductors (a formalism for assigning probabilities to mathematical statements over time) and Cartesian frames (a model of agent–environment boundaries).
current Research Fellow, Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Strategy positions
Agent foundationsendorses
Reformulate decision theory and embedded agency before behavioural training can be trustedArgues robust alignment requires foundational work on what agency, embeddedness, and self-reference even mean before behavioral training methods can be trusted.
Logical inductors approximate well-calibrated probabilistic reasoning over computable statements: the bookmaker is gradually unable to extract money from the market over time.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.