Buck Shlegeris

# Buck Shlegeris

![Picture of Buck](https://bshlgrs.github.io/img/icecream.jpg)

I work on existential risk reduction and [effective altruism movement building](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism). I'm currently the CTO of [Redwood Research](https://docs.google.com/document/d/12RwJcALg913LM7Jp0PYlaZ48xYqm3tVJggJ-is53zjs/edit) and a fund manager on the [Effective Altruism Infrastructure Fund](https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/funds/ea-community).

Some fun projects I've worked on include the following:

[Search engine for data structures\\
![Search engine demo](https://bshlgrs.github.io/img/ds-search-demo.png)](http://shlegeris.com/2016/11/13/ds)

[Software for solving physics problems\\
![Picture of Buck](https://github.com/bshlgrs/neato-physics-notepad/raw/master/demo%20gif.gif)](http://physics.shlegeris.com/)

[A software agent illustrating some features of an illusionist account of consciousness (with Luke Muehlhauser).](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/software-agent-illustrating-some-features-illusionist-account-consciousness)
This work was [cited by David Chalmers!](https://philpapers.org/rec/CHATMO-32)

[![Agent diagram](https://bshlgrs.github.io/img/agent-diagram.svg)](https://www.openphilanthropy.org/software-agent-illustrating-some-features-illusionist-account-consciousness)

### Links

- [My EA Forum posts](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/users/buck)
- [My LessWrong posts](https://www.lesswrong.com/users/buck)
- [GitHub](http://github.com/bshlgrs)
- [Email](mailto:bshlegeris@gmail.com)
- [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/bshlgrs)

### [Blog](https://bshlgrs.github.io/posts) ( [All posts](https://bshlgrs.github.io/posts)) ( [Best posts](https://bshlgrs.github.io/best)) ( [RSS](https://bshlgrs.github.io/feed.xml))

- [An analogy between thermodynamics and economics](https://bshlgrs.github.io/2020/10/04/thermo.html)
- [Why is food so energy dense?](https://bshlgrs.github.io/2020/10/01/food.html)
- [Why can't an air conditioner expel heat through the power cord?](https://bshlgrs.github.io/2020/09/30/aircon.html)
- [Is fining the victims of crimes just as good as fining criminals at preventing crimes?](https://bshlgrs.github.io/2020/09/28/fines.html)
- [Some thoughts on EA outreach to high schoolers](https://bshlgrs.github.io/2020/09/13/highschool.html)
- [Thoughts on criticism](https://bshlgrs.github.io/2020/09/13/criticism.html)
- [How good is humanity at coordination?](https://bshlgrs.github.io/2020/07/21/coordination.html)
- [Six economics misconceptions of mine which I've resolved over the last few years](https://bshlgrs.github.io/2020/07/12/econ.html)
- [Some thoughts on deference and inside view models](https://bshlgrs.github.io/2020/06/27/deference.html)
- [My personal cruxes for working on AI safety](https://bshlgrs.github.io/2020/02/12/cruxes.html)
- [Thoughts on doing good through non-standard EA career pathways](https://bshlgrs.github.io/2019/12/01/nonstandard.html)
- [Three underrated science facts](https:

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