In September 2023, Max Tegmark and Steve Omohundro proposed "Provably Safe AI" as a strategy for AI Safety. In May 2024, a larger group delineated the broader concept of "Guaranteed Safe AI" which includes Provably Safe AI and other related strategies. In July, 2024, Ben Goldhaber and Steve discussed Provably Safe AI and its future possibilities, as summarized in this document.

Background

In June 2024, ex-OpenAI AI Safety Researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner wrote a 165-page document entitled "Situational Awareness, The Decade Ahead" summarizing AI timeline evidence and beliefs which are shared by many frontier AI researchers. He argued that human-level AI is likely by 2027 and will likely lead to superhuman AI in 2028 or 2029. "Transformative AI" was coined by Open Philanthropy to describe AI which can "precipitate a transition comparable to the agricultural or industrial revolution". There appears to be a significant probability that Transformative AI may be [...]

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Outline:

(00:35) Background

(03:43) Whats next?

(07:32) Some Useful Projects

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First published:
August 9th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/P8XcbnYi7ooB2KR2j/provably-safe-ai-worldview-and-projects

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

“Provably Safe AI: Worldview and Projects” by bgold, Steve_Omohundro

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