ABOUT

# About me

I am a French PhD student in AI with a focus on AI Safety, here is a more detailed CV. I aspire to become a full-time entrepreneur in September 2027.

Hobbies

Sport: Bouldering, Running, Parkour

Languages: English, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Arabic, …

Cinema: Sci-fi, Fantastic, Action

Career Aspirations

Research: AI Safety, Interpretability, Alignement, RL, …

Engineering: Cloud Computation, CI/CD, UX, XR, …

Entrepreneurship: Safely Democratising AI, Augmented Humans, Trusted AI

# Teaching

I have been a private teacher in Mathematics for around 6 years and Computer Science for around 3 years. It has always been an opportunity for me to focus intensely on precise topics, often improving my own understanding of the subject.

During my gap year 2022/2023, I also taught computer science introductions in high school. This experience was different, I could reach and help more pupils but ended up having a lesser impact.

This trade-off between impact and audience is crucial, and with this blog, I’ll be trying to maximise the effect while moving to a greater audience I’ve never had.

As part of my PhD I will also have the opportunity to teach at Sorbonne University. Starting with basic Python practical exercises.

See my teaching materials.

# Research Interests

I have a broad interest in AI research regarding the technology component (NLP, CV, RL). Yet, I am trying to focus, first and foremost, on the safety of these technologies.

Regarding AI in general, I am primarily concerned with misuse. This problem is at the heart of many other technologies, and we should always keep it in mind while devising new products. Then, like many others, I also noticed a considerable gap between the development speed of capabilities compared to safety. What’s even more concerning is that this gap tends to widen. I outlined this in the story My Approach to AI Safety, and I might add another post on the subject detailing my agenda, theory of change, theory of impact and more.

See my publications.

# Contact

Feel free to reach out at yoann.poupart@ens-lyon.org or on .