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lucius caviola lucius caviola home research cambridge digital minds blog i am assistant professor in the social science of ai at the university of cambridge my research explores how artificial intelligence will change future society and what new ethical challenges it may pose a current focus is the question of digital minds the possibility that ai systems could develop minds that matter morally i am based at the institute for technology and humanity at the university of cambridge where i direct cambridge digital minds and work within the leverhulme centre for the future of intelligence i also serve as a research associate in the department of psychology at harvard university more about me by training i am an experimental psychologist with a particular focus on moral psychology and judgment and decision making in addition to empirical psychological studies i increasingly conduct empirical research with large language models i am also interested in the strategic and governance questions raised by advanced ai previously i was a senior research fellow at oxford s global priorities institute 2023 2025 following my postdoctoral fellowship with prof joshua greene at harvard university 2019 2023 during this period i also spent time as a research visitor with prof jeff sebo at nyu s department of environmental studies 2022 2023 i earned my ph d from the university of oxford in 2019 where i was supervised by prof nadira faber and prof julian savulescu my doctoral dissertation explored the psychological foundations of moral attitudes toward animals my work has been recognized with the 2025 rising star award from the association for psychological science and with collaborators the daniel m wegner theoretical innovation prize from the society for personality and social psychology i received an award from the gates foundation for developing innovative digital charitable giving solutions that informed the design of a real world philanthropic initiative i also received a distinction in teaching award from harvard university email twitter x substack blog google scholar anonymous feedback selected recent research large language models exhibit speciesist bias against animals nature communications when development constricts our moral circle nature human behaviour what will society think about ai consciousness extended version trends in cognitive sciences futures with digital minds expert forecasts in 2025 digital minds report crying wolf warning about societal risks can be reputationally risky preprint see all research substack blog on outpaced i write about ai moral psychology and effective altruism i explore how rapid technological progress is outpacing our minds and societies and how we can adapt subscribe for updates on my research cambridge digital minds i lead cambridge digital minds cdm a research initiative at the university of cambridge preparing society for ai systems so advanced that they may have real minds perhaps even consciousness we study how experts and the public think about this possibility and develop governance strategies for navigating the profound ethical questions they raise with colleagues i also run the digital minds newsletter donation platform i co created giving multiplier a donation platform that introduces people to effective giving based on research by joshua greene and myself it has fundraised over 6 million for charities won an award by the gates foundation and was featured in the la times marketwatch and vox effective altruism and the human mind lucius caviola stefan schubert oxford academic book together with my colleague stefan schubert i published effective altruism and the human mind oxford university press the book draws on decades of psychological research to explain why people often fail to choose the most effective strategies for helping others and what can be done to change that both the book and its audiobook are available for free