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Matthew Botvinick
AnthropicMember of Technical Staff, Team Lead for AI and the Rule of Law
Botvinick spent decades studying how the brain learns, plans, and exercises self-control, then helped bring those insights into DeepMind's reinforcement-learning research.[1] At the Anthropic Institute he now leads work on AI and the rule of law: how powerful systems may reshape courts, government, and legal institutions.
Career & education
Current roleAnthropic2026-presentMember of Technical Staff, Team Lead for AI and the Rule of Law
Anthropic2026-presentPreviously
Senior Director of Research2018-2026
Director of Neuroscience Research2016-2023
Professor2013-2016
Associate Professor2009-2013
Education
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations113,707As of Nov 10, '26
citations+12,523Since last snapshot, Aug 1, '26
Updates 1
References
- Reinforcement Learning, Fast and Slowpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Botvinick and colleagues connect research on human learning with systems that learn by acting and receiving feedback.
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