Justin is Chief Strategist and Co-Founder of Convergence. He is an AI safety advisor to Lionheart Ventures. He has worked with existential risk research since 2009, including working with MIRI, CFAR, EA Global, and Founders Fund. He has done work in EA strategy, fundraising, networking, teaching, cognitive enhancement, and AI safety research. He has an MS degree in computer science and BS degrees in computer science, mathematics, and physics.
Publications
Research Agenda
AI Clarity: An Initial Research Agenda
Justin Bullock, Corin Katzke, Zershaaneh Qureshi, David Kristoffersson
Apr 16, 2024
13
minute read
Research Agenda
AI Clarity: An Initial Research Agenda
Justin Bullock, Corin Katzke, Zershaaneh Qureshi, David Kristoffersson
Apr 16, 2024
13
minute read
Research Agenda
AI Clarity: An Initial Research Agenda
Justin Bullock, Corin Katzke, Zershaaneh Qureshi, David Kristoffersson
Apr 16, 2024
13
minute read
Technical AI Safety
Information-Theoretic Boxing of Superintelligences
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Nov 30, 2023
9
minute read
Technical AI Safety
Information-Theoretic Boxing of Superintelligences
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Nov 30, 2023
9
minute read
Technical AI Safety
Information-Theoretic Boxing of Superintelligences
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Nov 30, 2023
9
minute read
Value Modeling
Aligning AI by optimizing for "wisdom"
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Jun 27, 2023
14
minute read
Value Modeling
Aligning AI by optimizing for "wisdom"
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Jun 27, 2023
14
minute read
Value Modeling
Aligning AI by optimizing for "wisdom"
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Jun 27, 2023
14
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
Improving the safety of AI evals
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Jun 18, 2023
8
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
Improving the safety of AI evals
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Jun 18, 2023
8
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
Improving the safety of AI evals
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Jun 18, 2023
8
minute read
Technical AI Safety
The risk-reward tradeoff of interpretability research
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Jun 5, 2023
7
minute read
Technical AI Safety
The risk-reward tradeoff of interpretability research
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Jun 5, 2023
7
minute read
Technical AI Safety
The risk-reward tradeoff of interpretability research
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Jun 5, 2023
7
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
Keep humans in the loop
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Apr 19, 2023
11
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
Keep humans in the loop
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Apr 19, 2023
11
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
Keep humans in the loop
Justin Shovelain, Elliot McKernon
Apr 19, 2023
11
minute read
Value Modeling
Updating Utility Functions
Justin Shovelain, Joar Skalse
May 9, 2022
9
minute read
Value Modeling
Updating Utility Functions
Justin Shovelain, Joar Skalse
May 9, 2022
9
minute read
Value Modeling
Updating Utility Functions
Justin Shovelain, Joar Skalse
May 9, 2022
9
minute read
Technical AI Safety
Goodhart's Law Causal Diagrams
Justin Shovelain, Jeremy Gillen
Apr 11, 2022
7
minute read
Technical AI Safety
Goodhart's Law Causal Diagrams
Justin Shovelain, Jeremy Gillen
Apr 11, 2022
7
minute read
Technical AI Safety
Goodhart's Law Causal Diagrams
Justin Shovelain, Jeremy Gillen
Apr 11, 2022
7
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Four components of strategy research
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson, Siebe Rozendal
Jan 31, 2021
6
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Four components of strategy research
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson, Siebe Rozendal
Jan 31, 2021
6
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Four components of strategy research
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson, Siebe Rozendal
Jan 31, 2021
6
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Evaluating expertise: a clear box model
Justin Shovelain
Oct 15, 2020
6
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Evaluating expertise: a clear box model
Justin Shovelain
Oct 15, 2020
6
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Evaluating expertise: a clear box model
Justin Shovelain
Oct 15, 2020
6
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Improving the future by influencing actors' benevolence, intelligence, and power
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain
Jul 20, 2020
21
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Improving the future by influencing actors' benevolence, intelligence, and power
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain
Jul 20, 2020
21
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Improving the future by influencing actors' benevolence, intelligence, and power
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain
Jul 20, 2020
21
minute read
Downside Risks
Good and bad ways to think about downside risks
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain
Jun 11, 2020
13
minute read
Downside Risks
Good and bad ways to think about downside risks
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain
Jun 11, 2020
13
minute read
Downside Risks
Good and bad ways to think about downside risks
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain
Jun 11, 2020
13
minute read
Risk Modeling
Causal diagrams of the paths to existential catastrophe
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson
Mar 1, 2020
15
minute read
Risk Modeling
Causal diagrams of the paths to existential catastrophe
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson
Mar 1, 2020
15
minute read
Risk Modeling
Causal diagrams of the paths to existential catastrophe
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson
Mar 1, 2020
15
minute read
Downside Risks
Memetic downside risks: How ideas can evolve and cause harm
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, algekalipso
Feb 26, 2020
18
minute read
Downside Risks
Memetic downside risks: How ideas can evolve and cause harm
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, algekalipso
Feb 26, 2020
18
minute read
Downside Risks
Memetic downside risks: How ideas can evolve and cause harm
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, algekalipso
Feb 26, 2020
18
minute read
Information Hazards
Information hazards: Why you should care and what you can do
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson, algekalipso
Feb 24, 2020
18
minute read
Information Hazards
Information hazards: Why you should care and what you can do
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson, algekalipso
Feb 24, 2020
18
minute read
Information Hazards
Information hazards: Why you should care and what you can do
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson, algekalipso
Feb 24, 2020
18
minute read
Information Hazards
Mapping downside risks and information hazards
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson
Feb 20, 2020
11
minute read
Information Hazards
Mapping downside risks and information hazards
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson
Feb 20, 2020
11
minute read
Information Hazards
Mapping downside risks and information hazards
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson
Feb 20, 2020
11
minute read
Value Modeling
Using vector fields to visualise preferences and make them consistent
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain
Jan 29, 2020
14
minute read
Value Modeling
Using vector fields to visualise preferences and make them consistent
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain
Jan 29, 2020
14
minute read
Value Modeling
Using vector fields to visualise preferences and make them consistent
Michael Aird, Justin Shovelain
Jan 29, 2020
14
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
AI alignment concepts: philosophical breakers, stoppers, and distorters
Justin Shovelain
Jan 25, 2020
4
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
AI alignment concepts: philosophical breakers, stoppers, and distorters
Justin Shovelain
Jan 25, 2020
4
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
AI alignment concepts: philosophical breakers, stoppers, and distorters
Justin Shovelain
Jan 25, 2020
4
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
Safety regulators: A tool for mitigating technological risk
Justin Shovelain
Jan 21, 2020
4
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
Safety regulators: A tool for mitigating technological risk
Justin Shovelain
Jan 21, 2020
4
minute read
Mitigating Existential Risks
Safety regulators: A tool for mitigating technological risk
Justin Shovelain
Jan 21, 2020
4
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
The 'sprinting between oases' strategy
Justin Shovelain
Jan 16, 2020
2
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
The 'sprinting between oases' strategy
Justin Shovelain
Jan 16, 2020
2
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
The 'sprinting between oases' strategy
Justin Shovelain
Jan 16, 2020
2
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Moloch and the Pareto optimal frontier
Justin Shovelain
Jan 14, 2020
2
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Moloch and the Pareto optimal frontier
Justin Shovelain
Jan 14, 2020
2
minute read
Strategy Research Tooling
Moloch and the Pareto optimal frontier
Justin Shovelain
Jan 14, 2020
2
minute read
Holistic Strategy Research
A case for strategy research: what it is and why we need more of it
Siebe Rozendal, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson
Jun 20, 2019
24
minute read
Holistic Strategy Research
A case for strategy research: what it is and why we need more of it
Siebe Rozendal, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson
Jun 20, 2019
24
minute read
Holistic Strategy Research
A case for strategy research: what it is and why we need more of it
Siebe Rozendal, Justin Shovelain, David Kristoffersson
Jun 20, 2019
24
minute read
Risk Modeling
State Space of X-Risk Trajectories
David Kristoffersson, Justin Shovelain
Feb 6, 2020
4
minute read
Risk Modeling
State Space of X-Risk Trajectories
David Kristoffersson, Justin Shovelain
Feb 6, 2020
4
minute read
Risk Modeling
State Space of X-Risk Trajectories
David Kristoffersson, Justin Shovelain
Feb 6, 2020
4
minute read