Elias Krasny

About

I'm an undergraduate at the University of Virginia studying Systems Engineering and working on AI safety.

Now

Right now on an exchange semester in Barcelona, Spain. While here I'll be helping as an organizer for AI Safety Barcelona. I am also a researcher at SPAR working on AI safety comms through the project AI Safety Said Simply. Back home, I'm the forecasting lead and an exec member at Virginia AI Security Initiative, and I'm trying to stay as involved as I can from Barcelona.

While abroad I am also trying to travel Europe as much as I possibly can!

Experiences

• Research Mentee @ SPAR Research
• Forecasting Lead and Organizer @ Virginia AI Security Initiative
• Organizer @ AI Safety Barcelona
• AI Governance Fellowship @ Virginia AI Security Initiative
• Process Engineering Intern @ Kongsberg Automotive
• Director of Outreach, Consulting Project Lead @ BAPS (Become A Problem-Solver)

Interests

• Photography
• I listen to a lot of music — click drop down for some artists

  Alex G, Mac Demarco, Elliot Smith, The Cure, Wilco, Big Thief, The Beatles, Fog Lake, The Velvet Underground, Dean Blunt, Labi Sifre, The Smiths

• I watch a lot of movies — click drop down for some I like

  Sound of Metal, Parasite, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Inglourious Basterds, La Haine, The Grand Budapest Hotel

• Running and cycling
• The Tour de France
• Collecting records
• Traveling
• The Minute Cryptic