Matt Burtell

Hi, I'm Matt Burtell

I work on AI policy.

I have a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Yale, and I served four years in the US Navy where I fixed computers and computer networks on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan.

Academic papers, op-eds, and other writing

2025AI for Military Decision-Making
2024Op-ed in Lawfare on AI procurement and AI evaluations
2024AI pre-training simply explained
2023Artificial Influence: An Analysis Of AI-Driven Persuasion
2022FOLIO: Natural Language Reasoning with First-Order Logic
2021Parameter, compute and data trends in machine learning

Experiences

March 2025 - October 2025Fellow, Office of Senator Cynthia Lummis
October 2024 - November 2024Project Manager, Blitz Canvassing
August 2023 - August 2024Grant evaluator and researcher, Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University
Summer 2021 - Spring 2022Undergraduate Research Assistant, LILY Lab at Yale University
Summer 2021Software Engineering Intern, Quantum Signal AI (Subsidiary of Ford Autonomous Vehicles)
Summer 2020Security Intern, Quantum Signal AI (Subsidiary of Ford Autonomous Vehicles)
2019Lead Group Study Facilitator and Tutor, Washtenaw Community College
2014 - 2018Information Systems Technician (E1 to E5), US Navy

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