Ajeya Cotra
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- Name
- Ajeya Cotra
- Profile slug
- ajeya-cotra
- Version
- 2
- Focus areas
- Evaluation & independent auditing
- Forecasting & AI trajectory
- Alignment & control
- Public professional roles
- evaluator
- Publicly stated affiliations
- Not recorded
- Media channels
- Not recorded
What they do
SIRDA editorial
At a glance
METR researcher and influential analyst of transformative AI, deception and AI-safety strategy.
Their current place in the ecosystem spans evaluation and independent auditing, forecasting and strategic analysis, and alignment and control. SIRDA tags its operational role as AI evaluation.
Current work and relevance
Cotra is a senior researcher focused on forecasting transformative-AI timelines and on evaluating frontier-model capabilities and risks, work pursued at Open Philanthropy alongside her METR-affiliated evaluation research.
SIRDA tracks Ajeya Cotra because this person's research, leadership, public argument, or institutional work has materially shaped advanced-AI safety. The profile connects those contributions to current organizations, projects, debates, and SIRDA questions while keeping personal views separate from the positions of any organization with which the person is affiliated.
Relationship web
- METR: Ajeya Cotra is a METR researcher
Sources
- Official or primary page: METR
- Recent primary/relevant update
- Recent primary/relevant update
- Recent primary/relevant update
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Editorial note
This is SIRDA editorial content. Inclusion is an educational listing. It does not mean the subject has joined SIRDA, endorsed the founding inquiry, or approved this description. Factual corrections can be incorporated with a visible revision record, and substantive disagreements can be published as attributed responses.
Key work
No key work recorded.
Sources
- https://metr.org/
- https://centerforhumanetechnology.substack.com/p/the-ai-doc-is-now-on-netflix-all
- https://www.humanetech.com/landing/the-ai-doc
- https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist
- https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/the-human-beings-who-made-the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist-a-reality
Version history
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Version 2: Published SIRDA editorial snapshot: 2026-09-23 00:00:00+00
individual · Individual · listed
- Name
- Ajeya Cotra
- Profile slug
- ajeya-cotra
- Version
- 2
- Focus areas
- Evaluation & independent auditing
- Forecasting & AI trajectory
- Alignment & control
- Public professional roles
- evaluator
- Publicly stated affiliations
- Not recorded
- Media channels
- Not recorded
What they do
SIRDA editorial
At a glance
METR researcher and influential analyst of transformative AI, deception and AI-safety strategy.
Their current place in the ecosystem spans evaluation and independent auditing, forecasting and strategic analysis, and alignment and control. SIRDA tags its operational role as AI evaluation.
Current work and relevance
Cotra is a senior researcher focused on forecasting transformative-AI timelines and on evaluating frontier-model capabilities and risks, work pursued at Open Philanthropy alongside her METR-affiliated evaluation research.
SIRDA tracks Ajeya Cotra because this person's research, leadership, public argument, or institutional work has materially shaped advanced-AI safety. The profile connects those contributions to current organizations, projects, debates, and SIRDA questions while keeping personal views separate from the positions of any organization with which the person is affiliated.
Relationship web
- METR: Ajeya Cotra is a METR researcher
Sources
- Official or primary page: METR
- Recent primary/relevant update
- Recent primary/relevant update
- Recent primary/relevant update
- Recent primary/relevant update
Editorial note
This is SIRDA editorial content. Inclusion is an educational listing. It does not mean the subject has joined SIRDA, endorsed the founding inquiry, or approved this description. Factual corrections can be incorporated with a visible revision record, and substantive disagreements can be published as attributed responses.
Key work
No key work recorded.
Sources
- https://metr.org/
- https://centerforhumanetechnology.substack.com/p/the-ai-doc-is-now-on-netflix-all
- https://www.humanetech.com/landing/the-ai-doc
- https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist
- https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/the-human-beings-who-made-the-ai-doc-or-how-i-became-an-apocaloptimist-a-reality
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