It would probably be more accurate to classify him as a researcher into Machine Ethics than broader Artificial Intelligence, at least after 2001-2003. To the best of my knowledge he doesn’t claim to be currently trying to program an AGI; the SIAI describes him as “the foremost researcher on Friendly AI and recursive self-improvement,” not an AI researcher in the sense of somebody actively trying to code an AI.
It would probably be more accurate to classify him as a researcher into Machine Ethics than broader Artificial Intelligence, at least after 2001-2003. To the best of my knowledge he doesn’t claim to be currently trying to program an AGI; the SIAI describes him as “the foremost researcher on Friendly AI and recursive self-improvement,” not an AI researcher in the sense of somebody actively trying to code an AI.