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Hello, my name is Mark Brakel. I currently work as Director of Policy at the Future of Life Institute (FLI), where I lead the team advising governments on how to navigate increasingly advanced artificial intelligence.

 

You can find an overview of policy work by myself and my colleagues on this page. I also write a monthly newsletter on AI policy, you can sign up here if you are interested.

 

Over the course of my work, I have addressed the expert body working on autonomous weapons at the UN in Geneva, the European Parliament, and the Defence Committee of the German parliament. I’ve also spoken about FLI’s work to Politico, Fox News, BBC World, German Der Spiegel and the Dutch NRC Handelsblad, among others.

 

Before joining FLI, I (unsuccessfully) ran for parliament and worked as a diplomat. I spent time in both The Hague and at the Embassy in Iraq, where I helped establish an entrepreneurship program for young Iraqis.

 

I am a former Fulbright Fellow and hold a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and a master’s from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

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You can reach me through markbrakel [at] proton [dot] me.

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