Imperial College London
University of Cambridge
James L. McClellandPrincipal Researcher · Google DeepMindResearcher↗
Researcher · Academic
Murray Shanahan
Google DeepMindPrincipal Scientist
Career & education
Current roleGoogle DeepMind2017-presentPrincipal Scientist
Google DeepMind2017-presentPreviously
Postdoc1987-1991
Full Professor2006-?
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.
citations21,677As of Oct 23, '26
citations+1,602Since last snapshot, Jun 15, '26
References
- Talking About Large Language Modelsarxiv.org
Shanahan-authored paper explicitly warns against anthropomorphism when discussing fluent language models.
- Murray Shanahan — Imperial research biographydoc.ic.ac.uk
First-person cognition/consciousness research overview and explicit Ex Machina scientific-adviser credit.
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