Elliott Thornley

Postdoc, Department of Philosophy and Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joined
May 2024

Names

Elliott Thornley (Preferred)

Emails

****@philosophy.ox.ac.uk (Confirmed)
****@gmail.com (Confirmed)
****@mit.edu (Confirmed)

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Career & Education History

Postdoc
Department of Philosophy and Linguistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)
2025Present
Postdoc
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford (oxford.ac.uk)
20232025
Postdoc
Center for AI Safety (safe.ai)
20232023
PhD student
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford (oxford.ac.uk)
20192023

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

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PhD Advisor
Hilary Greaves
20192023
PhD Advisor
Teru Thomas
20192023

Expertise

AI safety
2023Present
corrigibility
2023Present
decision theory
2023Present
shutdown problem
2023Present
shutdownability
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