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In this episode, I chat with Samuel Albanie about the Google DeepMind paper he co-authored called “An Approach to Technical AGI Safety and Security”. It covers the assumptions made by the approach, as well as the types of mitigations it outlines.

Topics we discuss:

DeepMind's Approach to Technical AGI Safety and Security
Current paradigm continuation
No human ceiling
Uncertain timelines
Approximate continuity and the potential for accelerating capability improvement
Misuse and misalignment
Societal readiness
Misuse mitigations
Misalignment mitigations
Samuel's thinking about technical AGI safety
Following Samuel's work

Daniel Filan (00:00:09): Hello, everybody. In this episode, I’ll be speaking with Samuel Albanie, a research scientist at Google DeepMind, who was previously an assistant professor working on computer vision. The description of this episode has links and timestamps for your enjoyment, and a [...]

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Outline:

(01:42) DeepMind's Approach to Technical AGI Safety and Security

(05:51) Current paradigm continuation

(20:30) No human ceiling

(22:38) Uncertain timelines

(24:47) Approximate continuity and the potential for accelerating capability improvement

(34:48) Misuse and misalignment

(39:26) Societal readiness

(43:25) Misuse mitigations

(52:00) Misalignment mitigations

(01:05:16) Samuel's thinking about technical AGI safety

(01:14:31) Following Samuel's work

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First published:
July 6th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/nZtAkGmDELMnLJMQ5/45-samuel-albanie-on-deepmind-s-agi-safety-approach

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“45 - Samuel Albanie on DeepMind’s AGI Safety Approach” by DanielFilan

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“45 - Samuel Albanie on DeepMind’s AGI Safety Approach” by DanielFilan