Dr. Steve Phelps
Dr. Steve Phelps
@sphelps.net
Scientist and CTO applying behavioural economics to AI Safety.
https://sphelps.substack.com/
https://sphelps.net/
https://www.lesswrong.com/users/phelps-sg
My new steed blends in seamlessly with her natural habitat.
May 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
How the nasdaq "recovered" after Lehmann brothers' bankruptcy in 2008.

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
April 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The inner me. 🧪
March 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Dated but still funny "when Facebook employees are not actively making changes to infrastructure because they are busy with other things (weekends, holidays, or even performance reviews), the site experiences higher levels of reliability. "

darkcoding.net/software/fac...
January 7, 2024 at 1:05 AM
We can learn a lot from comparing how humans and large-language models fail at simple tasks.

sphelps.substack.com/p/a-teleolog...
October 24, 2023 at 8:04 PM
I’m excited to be giving my talk "A Behavioural Economics Approach to AI Safety" at the CQF annual Quant Insights Conference on 1st November. You can book your free ticket here: www.qiconference.com/annual-quant...
October 24, 2023 at 7:57 PM