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Tobias Martin, founder of HASI, photographed outdoors against garden foliage.

Founder of HASI · Creator of @eltechbro

Tobias Martin

Tobias Martin is founder of the Hispanic AI Safety Institute (HASI) and creator of @eltechbro. He explains advanced AI risks, human control, and AI governance for Spanish-speaking audiences. He is available for interviews in Spanish and English.

Biography

Tobias works in AI safety communications at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI). His background combines learning design, education policy, and public communication. Through HASI and his personal @eltechbro channels, he makes advanced AI safety research and policy debates accessible to wider audiences.

Credentials and affiliations

Machine Intelligence Research Institute
Communications Generalist. His current role is listed in MIRI’s official staff biography.MIRI biography (opens in a new tab)
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ed.M. in Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology.Degree listed in MIRI biography (opens in a new tab)
Minerva University
B.S. from Minerva University.Degree listed in MIRI biography (opens in a new tab)
MARS, Cambridge AI Safety Hub
Current fellow, with work on domestic AI verification mechanisms.
Future of Life Institute
Grant recipient for a Spanish-language video series about AI safety.

These are Tobias’s individual educational and professional affiliations. They do not establish sponsorship or endorsement of HASI. HASI’s institutional work is distinct from his outside roles and from his personal media channels.

Interview and speaking topics

Advanced AI safety

Capabilities, risks, and what recent developments mean for the public.

Human control and AI agents

Agent coordination, oversight, and systems acting beyond a task’s boundaries.

AI evaluations

What safety evaluations can reveal and the limits of what they establish.

Governance and Hispanic participation

Public accountability, policy choices, and access to informed participation.

Selected publications

Selected media appearances

France 24 · El Debate · Español ·

Are we losing control of AI?

Tobias Martin joins Miguel González to discuss whether increasingly advanced AI could escape human control. The debate examines warnings about serious risks, competing views on innovation, and who should set the limits in a global technology race.

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Univision · Primer Impacto ·

AI risks reach the headlines

An interview with Tobias Martin in Primer Impacto’s coverage of warnings about advanced AI. The segment explores calls to slow development, pressure to stay ahead in the technology race, and the responsibilities of governments and companies.

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Caracol Radio · 6AM W · Julio Sánchez Cristo ·

The case for slowing advanced AI development

In conversation with Julio Sánchez Cristo, Tobias Martin explains risks from increasingly capable AI and calls for slower development. The interview examines coordination between agents and the challenge of maintaining human control.

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Tobias and HASI

HASI focuses on U.S. Hispanic communities through advanced AI safety education, public communication, research synthesis, and participation in governance. Its Spanish-language resources are also useful internationally.

About HASI

Official personal profiles

Interviews in Spanish and English

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