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#94ResearcherAI Safety & Alignment
Anca Dragan
Google DeepMind
Biography
Director at Google DeepMind. Former UC Berkeley professor. Pioneer of AI alignment through human-robot interaction.
💡 My Take
Dragan approaches alignment from the physical world — how do robots learn human preferences through interaction? Her work bridges the gap between theoretical alignment and practical robot safety. It's a perspective often missing from the LLM-dominated safety conversation.
Key Influence
Advancing human-compatible AI through interactive robot learning and value alignment
Awards & Recognition
CMU professor, human-robot interaction pioneer