bio

Adam Jones is trying to make the AGI transition go well — which he thinks is the most important and urgent problem facing humanity, maybe ever. AGI might be here by 2030 and could end civilisation: many people controlling powerful AI invites catastrophic misuse (e.g. engineered pandemics); few people controlling it risks a permanent totalitarian state; and in any scenario we risk losing control of these systems entirely. He thinks the best response is an international coalition of democracies jointly governing AGI.

At Anthropic, he works as a member of technical staff on reinforcement learning (RL). He's particularly interested in using RL to make models better at safety-relevant capabilities - for example, making models good at AI safety and security research or pandemic prevention.

Previously, he led AI safety talent programs at BlueDot Impact, including the large-scale AI Safety Fundamentals courses. He also advised the UK Government's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) on AI safety policy.

Outside of work, he enjoys making things! This includes writing blogs, and building popular open-source tools: his AWS Email Simulator has over 2.5 million downloads, his YouTube thumbnail-hiding browser extension serves 50,000+ weekly users, and his Airtable MCP server has spurred 125+ forks. Finally, he contributes media to Wikimedia Commons, with his work appearing in textbooks, academic papers, and YouTube videos with millions of views.

When not making new things, he enjoys hosting silly events, co-operative engine building board games, couch co-op video games, sunny weather, eating fruit, and playing capture the flag on Hampstead Heath.

(there's also a bunch more on my GitHub)

working with me

The following make up a How to work with me manual / User Guide, which coworkers or AI virtual collaborators might find helpful:

• Preferences for communicating with me
• How I give reviews