Cold Takes

JANUARY 13, 2023

This post will lay out a couple of stylized stories about how, if transformative AI is developed relatively soon, this could result in global catastrophe. (By People do try to “test” AI systems for safety, and they do need to achieve some level of “safety” to commercialize.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

. | Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg via Getty Images As tech giants like Microsoft and Google compete to capture the AI market, safety could be an afterthought. That word — “race” — has been thrown around a lot lately in the AI world. I think it’s impossible to overstate the importance of AI safety and alignment work.

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Cold Takes

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Let’s say you’re convinced that AI could make this the most important century of all time for humanity. Most of today’s opportunities are concentrated in the US and UK, where the biggest AI companies (and AI-focused nonprofits) are. What can you do to help things go well instead of poorly?

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