Alignment Research Center

TagLast edit: Jul 3, 2022, 6:12 PM by Leo

The Alignment Research Center (ARC) is a non-profit research organization focused on AI alignment. It was founded in 2021 by Paul Christiano.^[1]

Funding

As of July 2022, ARC has received over $260,000 in funding from Open Philanthropy.^[2]

External links

Alignment Research Center. Official website.

Apply for a job.

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Christiano, Paul (2021) Announcing the Alignment Research Center, AI Alignment, April 27.
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Open Philanthropy (2022) Grants database: Alignment Research Center, Open Philanthropy.

ARC is hiring alignment theory researchers

Paul_ChristianoDec 14, 2021, 8:17 PM

89 points

4 comments1 min readEA link

2021 AI Alignment Literature Review and Charity Comparison

LarksDec 23, 2021, 2:06 PM

176 points

18 comments73 min readEA link

Christiano (ARC) and GA (Conjecture) Discuss Alignment Cruxes

Andrea_MiottiFeb 24, 2023, 11:03 PM

16 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

What I would do if I wasn’t at ARC Evals

Lawrence ChanSep 6, 2023, 5:17 AM

130 points

4 comments13 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

ARC Evals: Responsible Scaling Policies

Zach Stein-PerlmanSep 28, 2023, 4:30 AM

16 points

1 comment1 min readEA link

(evals.alignment.org)

ARC is hiring theoretical researchers

Jacob_HiltonJun 12, 2023, 7:11 PM

78 points

0 comments4 min readEA link

(www.lesswrong.com)

Safety evaluations and standards for AI | Beth Barnes | EAG Bay Area 23

Beth BarnesJun 16, 2023, 2:15 PM

28 points

0 comments17 min readEA link

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Align­ment Re­search Center

Funding

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External links

ARC is hiring al­ign­ment the­ory researchers

2021 AI Align­ment Liter­a­ture Re­view and Char­ity Comparison

Chris­ti­ano (ARC) and GA (Con­jec­ture) Dis­cuss Align­ment Cruxes