Good question. I haven’t done much research on this but a paper named Understanding AI alignment research: A Systematic Analysis found that the rate of new Alignment Forum and arXiv preprints grew from less than 20 per year in 2017 to over 400 per year in 2022. However, the number of Alignment Forum posts has grown much faster than the number of arXiv preprints.
Do you relatedly have any read on the current number of AI Saftey research papers?
Good question. I haven’t done much research on this but a paper named Understanding AI alignment research: A Systematic Analysis found that the rate of new Alignment Forum and arXiv preprints grew from less than 20 per year in 2017 to over 400 per year in 2022. However, the number of Alignment Forum posts has grown much faster than the number of arXiv preprints.