I study the potential for artificial intelligence to trigger a world war and how to prevent that from happening. My work focuses on the theory and history of political negotiations that take place in the shadow of violence. As a social scientist, my strongest methodological areas are formal theory, quantitative analysis, and process tracing. Furthermore, I draw heavily on my background in the natural and formal sciences, with a particular emphasis on machine learning, semiconductors, cryptography, and nuclear science. Previously, I spent a decade working for Silicon Valley startups as a software engineer and manager.