Vincent Conitzer
Carnegie Mellon University

Vincent Conitzer is Professor of Computer Science (with affiliate/courtesy appointments in Machine Learning, Philosophy, and the Tepper School of Business) at Carnegie Mellon University, where he directs the Foundations of Cooperative AI Lab (FOCAL). He is also Head of Technical AI Engagement at the Institute for Ethics in AI, and Professor of Computer Science and Philosophy, at the University of Oxford. He has long worked on understanding strategic AI agents through the lens of decision and game theory, and cares deeply about the impacts of rapidly advancing AI. He recently authored the book Moral AI and How We Get There with Jana Schaich Borg and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (2024).

“To predict what an intelligent system will do, we need to reason about its intentions. Suppose we are in an unfamiliar building with an intelligent climate control system. If we know that the system’s goals include keeping the building cool and minimizing energy consumption, we can predict it will lower the shades on the sun-facing windows. As increasingly general AI agents are released into the world, predicting their actions will become ever harder and understanding their intentions all the more essential.”

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