Atoosa Kasirzadeh

Atoosa Kasirzadeh is a philosopher and AI researcher with a track record of publications on philosophy, ethics, and governance of AI and computational sciences. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University with joint affiliations in the Philosophy and Software & Societal Systems departments, a Core Member of the Institute for Complex Social Dynamics, a part-time Research Scientist at Google DeepMind, and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for the Governance of AI. During 2025-2027, Atoosa is the council member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Artificial General Intelligence. She is also a 2024 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow, a 2025 honoree of the Mayfield | Divot AI List, a Steering Committee Member for the ACM FAccT conference, and a program cho-chair for 2025 and 2026 conferences of the International Association for Safe and Ethical AI (IASEAI). Her research combines quantitative, qualitative, and philosophical methods to explore questions about the societal impacts, governance, and future of AI and humanity. Atoosa’s publications can be found here. Her work has been featured in major media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, and Vox.

AI2050 Project

Atoosa Kasirzadeh’s AI2050 project examines the value alignment problem for AI: how can we make sure that the goals and values of AI systems align with our own? Her approach—unlike other approaches which aim for a primary technical analysis— tackles the problem by integrating insights from philosophy, systems theory, game-theory, and hands-on AI expertise. It will apply multidisciplinary analysis to large language systems and their multi-modal variants to align them with human values in a responsible way. More generally, the project seeks to ensure that AI systems will be aligned with human values to secure a brighter future for everyone.