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Researcher · Academic
Sam Bowman
AnthropicMember of Technical Staff
New York UniversityAssociate Professor (On leave)
Bowman helped create influential tests of whether AI systems understand language rather than merely recognize surface patterns. His current work develops evaluations designed to reveal deception, excessive agreement and other dangerous behaviour in advanced models.
Career & education
Current rolesAnthropicJun 2022-presentMember of Technical StaffNew York University2016-presentAssociate Professor (On leave)
AnthropicJun 2022-presentNew York University2016-presentWork 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.
citations84,310As of Oct 18, '26
citations+12,686Since last snapshot, Jun 15, '26
Selected contributions
Constitutional AI: Harmlessness from AI Feedback
With Yuntao Bai, Saurav Kadavath, Sandipan Kundu, Amanda Askell, Jackson Kernion, Andy Jones, Anna Chen and others ·Trained AI assistants to critique and improve their answers using a written set of principles.
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