Lucius Caviola

Projects

Research Direction: Model Authenticity Guarantees

• Anticipating the societal response to seemingly conscious AI (e.g., conducting empirical studies to assess whether people reject computational functionalism)

• Studying expert views on AI consciousness/welfare and related issues. (e.g., see Futures with Digital Minds Report)

• Investigating risks, opportunities, and governance strategies for a world with both humans and digital minds

• For additional ideas, see tinyurl.com/ssdigitalminds (slightly outdated)

What I'm looking for in a Mentee

If you're interested in conducting empirical studies, it is important that you already have relevant research experience (e.g., experimental design, statistical analysis). This requirement does not apply to non-empirical work.

Bio

I am an Assistant Professor in the Social Science of AI at the University of Cambridge. My research focuses on the intersection of psychology, ethics, and artificial intelligence. Previously, I studied judgment and decision-making biases in the context of global catastrophic risk, the psychology of effective altruism, and moral attitudes toward animals.