person
Tamay Besiroglu
Co-founder of Epoch AI; scaling-laws researcher
Economist and AI forecaster at Epoch AI, producing the most cited data on compute, dataset scaling, and capability trends. Frames AI trajectory via quantitative compute-and-data forecasts.
Profile
expertise
Deep technical
Sustained peer-reviewed contribution to ML, alignment, interpretability, or safety techniques. Could review a frontier paper.
Co-founder of Epoch AI. Empirical scaling and compute trends; published on training compute and AI economics.
recognition
Established
Reliable, recognised voice within their specific subfield. Cited and invited but not central to general AI discourse.
Recognised in AI-economics and forecasting circles.
vintage
Scaling era
Worldview formed during GPT-2/3, scaling laws, Anthropic's founding. Pre-ChatGPT but post-deep-learning. The 'scale is all you need' debate is live.
Co-founded Epoch AI 2022. Empirical scaling-laws work is a scaling-era research programme.
Hand-classified. See the board for the criteria and the full grid.
Strategy positions
Existential primacymixed
Extinction/disempowerment risk overrides ordinary cost-benefitPublishes empirical compute and dataset forecasts that inform the AI risk debate; takes a measured position himself.
Given current trends in compute and data, transformative AI by 2040 is well within reason.
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Record last updated 2026-04-24.