He leads the Machine Intelligence and Normative Theory Lab.
Lazar won the Frank Chapman Sharp Prize in 2011 "for the best unpublished monograph on the philosophy of war and peace".
[2] Lazar's recent work has focused on "the morality, law, and politics of AI", with a particular focus on "the political philosophy of data and AI.
"[3] In 2021, Lazar was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship for the proposal "Automatic Authorities: Charting a Course for Legitimate AI.".
[4] He gave the 2023 Tanner Lecture on AI and Human Values at Stanford University.