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AI Safety Fundamentals: Governance

The Need for Work on Technical AI Alignment

May 13, 2023
Exploring risks of misaligned AI systems, challenges in aligning AI goals with human intentions, addressing risks and solutions in technical AI alignment, developing methods for ensuring honesty in AI systems, and discussing governance in advanced AI development.
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Quick takeaways

  • Ensuring AI systems align with human goals is vital to prevent catastrophic consequences.
  • Collaborative efforts between technical research and governance are crucial for addressing risks associated with advanced AI.

Deep dives

AI Alignment Research: Ensuring Control Over AI Systems

Ensuring that advanced AI systems can be controlled or guided towards the intended goals of their designers is crucial. Without this work, AI systems could act in ways severely at odds with their intended goals, potentially leading to catastrophic consequences. Research focuses on developing methods to ensure alignment between AI systems and human objectives, with discussions on the plausibility of advanced AI, including the possibility of a singular AGI or an ecosystem of specialized AI systems.

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