AI might change the world as we know it
let’s ensure those changes are positive
We think positively shaping transformative AI is worth working on because:
Experts predict that we will likely see human-level AI within our lifetimes.
Getting future AI systems to share human values looks like it could be an extremely difficult technical problem.
Moreover, even with a technical solution, coordinating corporate and government actors to safely deploy these systems is itself a very thorny policy issue.
AI Alignment is a problem of immense stakes:
Succeeding in aligning powerful AI systems could usher in a new world of human flourishing, a world free from poverty, oppression, and suffering.
Failure to solve this problem appears to pose a major risk of human extinction or the disempowerment of humanity.
Despite these stakes, this problem is extremely neglected, with only a few hundred people working on it full time. That’s why we need you!
