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What AI companies can do today to help with the most important century Feb 20, 2023

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Major AI companies can increase or reduce global catastrophic risks.
https://www.cold-takes.com/what-ai-companies-can-do-today-to-help-with-the-most-important-century/

Jobs that can help with the most important century Feb 10, 2023

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People are far better at their jobs than at anything else. Here are the best ways to help the most important century go well.
https://www.cold-takes.com/jobs-that-can-help-with-the-most-important-century/

Spreading messages to help with the most important century Jan 25, 2023

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For people who want to help improve our prospects for navigating transformative AI, and have an audience (even a small one).
https://www.cold-takes.com/spreading-messages-to-help-with-the-most-important-century/

How we could stumble into AI catastrophe Jan 13, 2023

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Hypothetical stories where the world tries, but fails, to avert a global disaster.
https://www.cold-takes.com/how-we-could-stumble-into-ai-catastrophe

Transformative AI issues (not just misalignment): an overview Jan 05, 2023

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An overview of key potential factors (not just alignment risk) for whether things go well or poorly with transformative AI.
https://www.cold-takes.com/transformative-ai-issues-not-just-misalignment-an-overview/

Racing Through a Minefield: the AI Deployment Problem Dec 22, 2022

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Push AI forward too fast, and catastrophe could occur. Too slow, and someone else less cautious could do it. Is there a safe course?
https://www.cold-takes.com/racing-through-a-minefield-the-ai-deployment-problem/

High-level hopes for AI aligment Dec 15, 2022

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A few ways we might get very powerful AI systems to be safe.
https://www.cold-takes.com/high-level-hopes-for-ai-alignment/

AI safety seems hard to measure Dec 08, 2022

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Four analogies for why "We don't see any misbehavior by this AI" isn't enough.
https://www.cold-takes.com/ai-safety-seems-hard-to-measure/

Why Would AI "Aim" To Defeat Humanity? Nov 29, 2022

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Today's AI development methods risk training AIs to be deceptive, manipulative and ambitious. This might not be easy to fix as it comes up.
https://www.cold-takes.com/why-would-ai-aim-to-defeat-humanity/

The Track Record of Futurists Seems ... Fine Jun 30, 2022

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We scored mid-20th-century sci-fi writers on nonfiction predictions. They weren't great, but weren't terrible either. Maybe doing futurism works fine.
https://www.cold-takes.com/the-track-record-of-futurists-seems-fine/

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