Executive summary: The emergence of AGI could dramatically accelerate the pace of AI software progress, posing significant risks that require proactive monitoring and protective measures from AI labs.
Key points:
Recent AI progress has been significantly driven by software improvements, suggesting AGI could enable abundant cognitive labor and 10X faster software progress.
10X faster software progress could lead to rapid gains in AI capabilities and efficiency, posing risks like misuse, loss of control, power concentration, and societal disruption.
Bottlenecks like diminishing returns, retraining, and computational experiments may slow progress, but are unlikely to decisively prevent 10X acceleration.
Labs should monitor warning signs of AI acceleration, such as AI doubling the pace of software progress or completing wide-ranging AI R&D tasks.
By the time warning signs are observed, labs should have protective measures in place, including external oversight, infosecurity, alignment techniques, risk reduction, measurement, and development speed limits.
Labs should acknowledge the risk of AI acceleration, monitor for warning signs, prepare protective measures, and commit to pausing if unprepared when warning signs are observed.
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Executive summary: The emergence of AGI could dramatically accelerate the pace of AI software progress, posing significant risks that require proactive monitoring and protective measures from AI labs.
Key points:
Recent AI progress has been significantly driven by software improvements, suggesting AGI could enable abundant cognitive labor and 10X faster software progress.
10X faster software progress could lead to rapid gains in AI capabilities and efficiency, posing risks like misuse, loss of control, power concentration, and societal disruption.
Bottlenecks like diminishing returns, retraining, and computational experiments may slow progress, but are unlikely to decisively prevent 10X acceleration.
Labs should monitor warning signs of AI acceleration, such as AI doubling the pace of software progress or completing wide-ranging AI R&D tasks.
By the time warning signs are observed, labs should have protective measures in place, including external oversight, infosecurity, alignment techniques, risk reduction, measurement, and development speed limits.
Labs should acknowledge the risk of AI acceleration, monitor for warning signs, prepare protective measures, and commit to pausing if unprepared when warning signs are observed.
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