Seth Lazar

Seth Lazar (born 1979) is an Australian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the Australian National University. He leads the Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory Lab.

Born1979 (age 46–47)

AwardsFrank Chapman Sharp Prize, DECRA grant, Early Career Award (ASSA), Res Publica Postgraduate Essay Prize

Alma materOxford University

ThesisWar and associative duties (2009)

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Seth Lazar
Seth Lazar at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics in 2022.
Born	1979 (age 46–47)
Awards	Frank Chapman Sharp Prize, DECRA grant, Early Career Award (ASSA), Res Publica Postgraduate Essay Prize
Education
Alma mater	Oxford University
Thesis	War and associative duties (2009)
Doctoral advisor	Henry Shue
Philosophical work
Era	21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic
Institutions	Australian National University
Main interests	political philosophy, moral philosophy
Website	http://www.sethlazar.xyz/

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Lazar won the Frank Chapman Sharp Prize in 2011 "for the best unpublished monograph on the philosophy of war and peace".^[1] He is known for his research on defensive war.^[2]

Lazar's recent work has focused on "the morality, law, and politics of AI", with a particular focus on "the political philosophy of data and AI."^[3] In 2021, Lazar was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship for the proposal "Automatic Authorities: Charting a Course for Legitimate AI.".^[4]

He gave the 2023 Tanner Lecture on AI and Human Values at Stanford University.^[5]