Team

Meet the MIRI
Technical Governance Team

We do technical research and analysis for AI governance goals to avoid catastrophic and existential risks and ensure smarter-than-human AI has a positive impact.

Aaron Scher

Researcher

Aaron’s research at MIRI is focused on International Coordination on AI, with an emphasis on Verification Mechanisms. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Pitzer College in 2022 and quickly transitioned to working in AI safety. After a year of up-skilling and helping grow the field, Aaron started doing independent AI alignment research with the MATS program in summer 2023. He later managed 4 research teams through SPAR, the Supervised Program in Alignment Research working on sycophancy and interpretability. Aaron joined the Technical Governance Team in July 2024.