Updated April 3, 2025

Recently I’m excited about! —

• “human alignment”, helping others resolve lifelong insecurity

• bounties and incentive alignment

• AI alignment philosophy, building aligned AI

• running unhinged social events, eg Extreme Awkwardness

• writing, tweeting

• matchmaking

My research is self-directed. Funded by donors, Softmax, and my clients:

Incentive Aligned: Resolve Your Lifelong Issue

Chris Lakin

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December 28, 2024

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Unhinged social events

I run unusual social events: Extreme Awkwardness, Intentionally Awkward Flirting, Make Eye Contact or Go to Jail, dog massage, Successful Matchmakers Meetup, …

People enjoy horror movies. Does that mean they will enjoy ‘horror events’?

Chris Lakin

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December 22, 2024

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Writing

Do you need years more therapy, or can one conversation resolve the issue?

Chris Lakin

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Feb 28

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Locally optimal psychology

Chris Lakin

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November 23, 2024

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Eye contact is effortless without emotional blocks

Chris Lakin

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September 27, 2024

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dog massage

Chris Lakin

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August 10, 2024

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Building aligned AI

Alignment First, Intelligence Later: A Teleological Turn in AI

Chris Lakin

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Mar 30

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AI Alignment Inspired by Human Alignment

Chris Lakin

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June 24, 2024

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“How do parts form a whole?”

Chris Lakin

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November 26, 2024

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Matchmaking

I’ve been experimenting a lot with matchmaking my friends, focusing on friends in their early 30s who want kids asap:

(Also, many other matchmaking experiments also also.)

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