Executive summary: This post provides an overview of different areas one could work on to positively influence the trajectory of artificial intelligence, along with key considerations and uncertainties for choosing between them.
Key points:
The main areas of work are: ensuring human control of advanced AI systems, addressing AI misalignment risks, and supporting mainstream AI safety efforts.
Key uncertainties include the tractability and neglectedness of different areas, and whether success in some areas would be net positive or negative.
Types of AI safety related work include research, organizing, policy, and advocacy. The author is uncertain which type fits them best.
Other career considerations include skill-building, exploration, credibility, and various properties of the work itself like autonomy and certainty of impact.
Next steps are to resolve object-level uncertainties through discussions and introspection, and learn from the heuristics and approaches others use to choose their work.
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Executive summary: This post provides an overview of different areas one could work on to positively influence the trajectory of artificial intelligence, along with key considerations and uncertainties for choosing between them.
Key points:
The main areas of work are: ensuring human control of advanced AI systems, addressing AI misalignment risks, and supporting mainstream AI safety efforts.
Key uncertainties include the tractability and neglectedness of different areas, and whether success in some areas would be net positive or negative.
Types of AI safety related work include research, organizing, policy, and advocacy. The author is uncertain which type fits them best.
Other career considerations include skill-building, exploration, credibility, and various properties of the work itself like autonomy and certainty of impact.
Next steps are to resolve object-level uncertainties through discussions and introspection, and learn from the heuristics and approaches others use to choose their work.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.