Edward G. Friedman
CS @ CMU | Intern @ NIST under Dr. Ratcliff & CMU under Xiangchen Song
the way I cope with my insecurities is by studying. not a tech bro or startup bro 🙏
- First Year @ CMU SCS | See my course reviews
- Executive Board Member for Carnegie AI Safety Initiative (CASI)
- (Incoming) TA for 15-251 Great Ideas in Theoretical Computer Science, CMU's main undergraduate introduction to theoretical computer science and "theoretical thinking"
Research Interests:
Long Term: Most interested in the idea of gaining a “foundational understanding of AI” and how that knowledge can be leveraged for AI safety and safety-adjacent topics.
Short Term: Currently exploring Causality and Interpretability (Spec, the intersection of Causal Representation Learning and Mechanistic Interpretability).
Personal Bio:
Interested in pursing a career in academia as a professor as of now. Outside of academics I like working out, music, and learning ab random things. I think i’ll make a music and reading page during a summer maybe!