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KS

Kenneth Stanley

Researcher

Invented NEAT and novelty search and wrote Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned. Led open-endedness at OpenAI until 2022; joined Lila Sciences in March 2025 as SVP of open-endedness.

Known for NEAT; Novelty search; Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned

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  1. Mar 2025 – now
    Lila Sciences, SVP of open-endedness
    Experience / RL
    Sources Kenneth Stanley, PhD | Lila Lila Sciences 2026-09-04 · Kenneth Stanley: joined Lila Sciences as SVP of Open-Endedness X 2025-03-10
  2. … – 2022
    OpenAI, Led open-endedness team
    Experience / RL
    Sources Kenneth Stanley, PhD | Lila Lila Sciences 2026-09-04