Ryan H. Kim

Undergrad student @ Yale studying Computer Science, Mathematics, and Global Affairs.

Driven, creative, and analytical thinker deeply interested in AI and emerging technologies – not only the technical, but also the greater societal and business impacts. Always curious about how the world works, hoping to understand it and shape it for the better.

Please feel free to reach out at ryan.h.kim@yale.edu.

Quote of the day

“No great thing is created suddenly.”

— Epictetus, Discourses I.15

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Yale University*

B.S. Computer Science + Mathematics, B.A. Global Affairs

*On leave from Fall 2024 ~ Spring 2026, I will be a sophomore in Fall 2026.

Choate Rosemary Hall

High School Diploma

Dulwich College Seoul

Elementary, Middle School Diploma

AttentionX Co-President

Korea's leading AI research group and startup accelerator.

United States Eighth Army Military Police Sergeant

KATUSA MP (31B) with HHC, USAG-H.๐Ÿ…Recipient of Army Commendation Medal.

KAIST CLVR Lab Part-time Undergrad Research Intern

Reinforcement learning and robot learning research w. Prof. Joseph Lim.

Center for AI Safety Research Engineer Intern

Co-authored Humanity's Last Exam (Nature) and Safetywashing (NeurIPS 2024).

Google & Canvas8 Global Youth Advisor

Pre-release beta testing and ideation with teams for AI-powered products.

Publications

Humanity's Last Exam

Nature | Long Phan, Alice Gatti, Ziwei Han, ... Ryan H. Kim, ... et al.

Safetywashing: Do AI Safety Benchmarks Actually Measu...

NeurIPS 2024 | Richard Ren, Steven Basart, ... Ryan H. Kim, ... et al.

Ongoing projects

"no great thing is created suddenly" - epictetus

Alfred Lawbot

Generative AI chatbot for legal document analysis w. Yale Law School.

State of Wealth (Citadel Invitational Datathon)

Modeled how oil prices and production affect state income growth.

Novel Traffic Control AIoT System

AIoT system using deep learning for real-time traffic optimization.
๐Ÿ… Awarded Regeneron STS Scholar in 2023.

Covid-19 Robot

Autonomous mobile robot w. manipulator, chatbot, and temperature scanner.
๐Ÿ… Awarded Samsung HumanTech (삼성휴먼테크 논문대상) Silver Award in 2021.

A potpourri of thoughts about culture, AI, college, dreams, and the future.

The Era of Human Experience

Brief thoughts on the impact of AGI on the future human experience.

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Bookshelf

The books that shaped how I think, shelved by subject. Feel free to send me recs!

Sports

Avid runner, golfer, skier, and squash player. Occasional soccer player and gym rat.

Music

In a previous life, I played the cello at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC.

Volunteer Work

I plan alumni socials for Choate Rosemary Hall and Dulwich International in Seoul.

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