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We Should Hand Off To Morally Reflective AIs

This is a personal guest post by Bentham’s Bulldog, created while they were a visiting scholar at Forethought.

Outline

  1. In the introduction, I explain what I’ll be arguing in the piece—namely, that 1) it is very important that we h...
13 days ago
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Risk-Averse AIs

This article was created by Forethought. Read the full article on our website.

Abstract

We make the case for training AIs to be risk-averse in resources — specifically, to treat resources as having diminishing marginal utility. These A...

14 days ago
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Could AI Help Solve Philosophy?

Wei Dai is a computer engineer known for his work in cryptography and cryptocurrency systems, and for his long-standing contributions to AI safety, decision theory, and metaphilosophy.

He joined Forethought’s Fin Moorhouse to discuss:

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19 days ago
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What should go in a model spec?

This article was created by Forethought. See the original article on our website.

Suppose an AI company is considering whether to include some particular quality X – a rule, virtue, heuristic, default, attitude, goal, or style – in a model...

a month ago
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How can the middle powers avoid getting trounced during the intelligence explosion? A plan.

Superintelligence will likely be developed by US companies; run on US data centres; and be under the jurisdiction of the US government. This will massively boost US military power and make the US economically dominant (e.g. US producing 99%...

a month ago
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  • Forethought

    AI macrostrategy research

  • Bentham's Bulldog

    Utilitarian, effective altruist, and cool guy all around

  • Lukas Finnveden

    Research Analyst at Redwood Research.

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  • Oliver Sourbut

    Researcher@FLF. Formerly UK AI Safety Institute and Oxford. Father of one little legend. I like pizza, friends, symphonies, sentient flourishing, and boardgames.

  • Rose Hadshar

    Visiting researcher at AI Impacts

  • Fin Moorhouse

    Writing about the future

  • Owen Cotton-Barratt

    Mathematician-turned-futurist. I like puzzles and helping people. Trying to say sensible things about the future scratches both itches.

  • Avi Parrack
  • Tom Davidson
  • Max Dalton
  • Will MacAskill

    Philosopher; figuring out how to do good better.

  • Lizka Vaintrob
  • Mia Taylor
  • Toby Ord

    Philosopher at Oxford University and author of The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity.

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