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What about various other AI alignment plans?

We cover additional alignment proposals in the book.

See also the extended discussions on truth-seeking AI, submissive AI, and using AIs to solve AI alignment, which go into a bit more depth about those proposals.

Won’t there be early warnings researchers can use to identify problems?

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Won’t we just muddle through, like always?

The world usually muddles through by trial and error. In this case, early errors wouldn’t leave survivors. 1 min read

Do you see alignment as all-or-nothing?

No. But “partial alignment” is still likely to be catastrophic. 2 min read

Won’t the situation get better once governments get more involved?

It depends on how (and how soon) they get involved. 2 min read

Won’t the most reckless companies naturally be the most incompetent, and thus not a threat?

The more cautious companies today are still reckless. 4 min read

Isn’t it important to race ahead because of “hardware overhang”?

That would be suicidal, because we’re too far from an alignment solution. 3 min read

Isn’t it important to race ahead so we can do alignment research?

We strongly recommend against this entire AI paradigm. 3 min read

What if AI companies only deploy their AIs for non-dangerous actions?

Actions that seem benign can still require dangerous capabilities. 9 min read

Why not just read the AI’s thoughts?

Their thoughts are hard to read. 6 min read

What if we made AIs debate, compete with, or oversee each other?

If the AIs get smart enough to matter, they likely collude. 3 min read

What about various other AI alignment plans?

We cover additional alignment proposals in the book. 1 min read

Won’t there be early warnings researchers can use to identify problems?

Warning signs don’t help if you don’t know what to do with them. 8 min read

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Extended Discussion

More on Some of the Plans We Critiqued in the Book

We Know What It Looks Like When a Problem Is Being Treated with Respect, And This Isn’t It

Shutdown Buttons and Corrigibility