Unit 2: Introduction to potential catastrophic risks from AI
Resources: Introduction to potential catastrophic risks from AI
Resources (1 hr 20 mins)
- Purpose of session
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- Overview of how AI might exacerbate long-running catastrophic risks
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- As AI agents like Auto-GPT speed up generative AI race, we all need to buckle up
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- The Need for Work on Technical AI Alignment
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- Specification gaming: the flip side of AI ingenuity
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- Researcher Perceptions of Current and Future AI
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Optional Resources
- Specification gaming examples
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- Can large language models democratize access to dual-use biotechnology?
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- What are some arguments for AI safety being less important?
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- Forecasting Transformative AI, Part 1: What Kind of AI?
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- AGI Safety From First Principles
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- Why alignment could be hard with modern deep learning
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- AI Safety Fundamentals: Alignment Course
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- Unsolved Problems in ML Safety
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- Without specific countermeasures, the easiest path to transformative AI likely leads to AI takeover
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- Survey on AI existential risk scenarios
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- AI Governance Optional Resources (Extended)
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