Implications of Most Important Century

In the most important century series, I argued that the 21st century could be the most important century ever for humanity, via the development of advanced AI systems that could dramatically speed up scientific and technological advancement, getting us more quickly than most people imagine to a deeply unfamiliar future.

In this more recent series, I’ve been trying to help answer this question: “So what? What can I do to help?”

Spread­ing mes­sages to help with the most im­por­tant century

How we could stum­ble into AI catastrophe

Trans­for­ma­tive AI is­sues (not just mis­al­ign­ment): an overview

Rac­ing through a minefield: the AI de­ploy­ment problem

High-level hopes for AI alignment

AI Safety Seems Hard to Measure

Why Would AI “Aim” To Defeat Hu­man­ity?

AI Could Defeat All Of Us Combined

Jobs that can help with the most im­por­tant century

What AI com­pa­nies can do to­day to help with the most im­por­tant century

How ma­jor gov­ern­ments can help with the most im­por­tant century

What does Bing Chat tell us about AI risk?