Background

About Me

Alfie Lamerton

I'm an individual living in Falmouth, UK. I grew up here, and have spent some time living in Bristol and London.

Professionally

I'm generally excited about the future of technology and innovation and how it can transform the world. Specifically, I'm enthusiastic about computer science and entrepreneurship. To that end, I'm currently focusing my energy on building skills in organisation building and technical AI safety research.

Generally, I'm on a mission to serve humanity by creating beautiful and useful things. Specifically, I plan to be a computer scientist working on impactful problems, starting with global catastrophic risks such AI alignment.

Not Professionally

In the past I have been an avid fly fisherman, downhill skateboarder, and surfer. Beyond computer science, my interests include running, psychology, philosophy, and mathematics.

My Personality

Here are my scores on the Big Five personality traits, where each number represents my percentile ranking compared to the general population according to the Big Five Aspects Scale.

  • Agreeableness: 32
  • Extraversion: 57
  • Conscientiousness: 93
  • Openness to experience: 96
  • Neuroticism: 3

Generated using understandmyself.com