Break it all down
Many people who are paying attention to the trajectory of AI worry about its potential to concentrate power. I think this is a reasonable thing to worry about, with some important caveats. If someone builds a superintelligence, I think they are far more likely to die ignominiously with the rest of us than attain a … Read more
In my occasional advising calls with aspiring AI Safety folks, one of the most common questions I get is “What courses should I take next?” I often find myself replying: “None; go do stuff instead.” Fabricando fit faber. By making, one becomes a maker. There are a lot of courses in AI safety and governance. … Read more
For several years now, I’ve been fielding calls from people who want to help make AI go well for humanity. Sometimes these folks are based outside the U.S., and often they ask me: With most of the labs concentrated in a few places (the U.S., China, and DeepMind in the U.K.), what are the rest … Read more
Last year, I joined the communications team at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute. Before this, I spent several hundred hours introducing lay audiences to the basic science of modern artificial intelligence. Below, I’ll share what I’ve been working on and thinking about these past few years, and why I think it matters to all of … Read more