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Paul Christiano — Researcher at 1LcLlMGLbw
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | kuFAmSw9P3 |
| Source URL | paulfchristiano.com/ |
| Children | — |
| Created | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
| Updated | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
| Synced | Mar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM |
Record Data
id | kuFAmSw9P3 |
personId | Paul Christiano(person) |
organizationId | OpenAI(organization) |
personEntityId | Paul Christiano(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | OpenAI(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Researcher |
roleType | career |
startDate | 2017-01 |
endDate | 2021-10 |
isFounder | No |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | paulfchristiano.com/ |
notes | Led alignment research including RLHF work |
Source Check Verdicts
partial75% confidence
Last checked: 4/9/2026
The source confirms Paul Christiano worked at OpenAI in a leadership role on the language model alignment team, and confirms he is a researcher in AI safety. However, the source does not provide specific start and end dates (2017-01 and 2021-10). The source only states he 'previously' ran the alignment team at OpenAI, which is consistent with the end date of 2021-10, but the start date of 2017-01 cannot be verified from this text. The role description as 'Researcher' is somewhat imprecise given he 'ran' the team (suggesting a leadership position), but this is not a direct contradiction.
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