David Krueger (professor)

Krueger researches deep learning, AI alignment, and AI safety.^[10][11][12] His work is focused on reducing the risk of human extinction resulting from out-of-control AI systems.^[13][14][15]

Krueger was an assistant professor at the University of Cambridge from 2021 to 2024, before taking a faculty position at the University of Montreal in 2024.^[16] In 2023, he was a founding research director at the UK AI Security Institute.^[17] That same year, Krueger initiated the Statement on AI Risk, which argues that AI could cause human extinction and was signed by Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, AI expert Geoffrey Hinton, and other leaders.^[18][19]

In 2025, Krueger founded Evitable, a nonprofit organization that advocates for an AI moratorium.^[20][21]

Krueger argues that AI will lead to a "gradual disempowerment" of workers, likening AI chips to nuclear bombs.^[22] He also says the military use of AI "poses an existential risk to humanity."^[23]