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Ryan Greenblatt on AI Control, Timelines, and Slowing Down Around Human-Level AI

Ryan Greenblatt on AI Control, Timelines, and Slowing Down Around Human-Level AI

Update: 2024-09-27

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Ryan Greenblatt joins the podcast to discuss AI control, timelines, takeoff speeds, misalignment, and slowing down around human-level AI.

You can learn more about Ryan's work here: https://www.redwoodresearch.org/team/ryan-greenblatt

Timestamps:

00:00 AI control

09:35 Challenges to AI control

23:48 AI control as a bridge to alignment

26:54 Policy and coordination for AI safety

29:25 Slowing down around human-level AI

49:14 Scheming and misalignment

01:27:27 AI timelines and takeoff speeds

01:58:15 Human cognition versus AI cognition

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Ryan Greenblatt on AI Control, Timelines, and Slowing Down Around Human-Level AI

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