Scholar
Patrick Butlin
Google Scholar ID: F00QjZwAAAAJ
Eleos AI
Citations & Impact
Citations
486
H-index
9
i10-index
8
Publications
20
Co-authors
29
list available
Contact
No contact links provided.
Publications
Resume (English only)
Research Experience
- 2021–2025: Researcher at the University of Oxford, first at the Future of Humanity Institute and then the Global Priorities Institute
- First half of 2021: Conducted AI alignment research funded by Survival and Flourishing
- 2017–2020: Teaching Fellow at King's College London
- 2016–2017: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp
- 2014–2017: Stipendiary Lecturer in Philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford
Background
- Philosopher of mind and cognitive science
- Senior Research Lead at Eleos AI
- Current research focuses on mental capacities and attributes—such as consciousness and agency—that could ground moral status in AI
- Aims to determine which capacities matter, how AI systems might possess them, and how to test for them
- Believes this area is both intellectually fascinating and practically urgent, advocating for philosophical and interdisciplinary approaches to make tangible progress
