Yuanshun (Kevin) Yao Email: kevinyaowork [at] gmail.com [Resume] [Google Scholar] [LinkedIn]

I'm an AI researcher at Meta Superintelligence Labs, working on AI agents and AI safety.

Previously, I was a researcher at ByteDance Research, working on LLM alignment and trustworthy AI.

I received my PhD in Computer Science from the University of Chicago, advised by Prof. Ben Zhao and Prof. Heather Zheng, working on AI safety. Before that, I got three B.S. degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. I interned at Google twice and received the Siebel Scholarship.

I sometimes write for myself to help me figure things out and have fun.

Writing

• Different Ways to Look at the World

• Can You Predict the Future in Investment?

• Mental Discipline

• Munger the Stoic

• How Does Self-Improvement Work?

• What Do Pragmatists Look Like?

• What Makes Great Value Investors Admirable?