It’s easy to dismiss alarming AI-related predictions when you don’t know where the numbers came from.| 80,000 Hours
Humanity is not prepared for the AI-driven challenges we face. But the right AI tools could help us to anticipate and work together to meet these challenges — if they’re available in time. We can and should accelerate these tools. Key applications include (1) *epistemic* tools, which improve human judgement; (2) *coordination* tools, which help diverse groups work identify and work towards shared goals; (3) *risk-targeted* tools to address specific challenges. We can accelerate important ...| Forethought
In recent months, the CEOs of leading AI companies have grown increasingly confident about rapid progress: OpenAI's Sam Altman: Shifted from saying in November "the rate of progress continues" to declaring in January "we are now confident we know how to build AGI" Anthropic's Dario Amodei: Stated in January "I'm more confident than I've ever been that we're close to powerful capabilities... in the next 2-3 years" Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis: Changed from "as soon as 10 years" in autumn t...| 80,000 Hours
AI safety research — research on ways to prevent unwanted behaviour from AI systems — generally involves working as a scientist or engineer at major AI labs, in academia, or in independent nonprofits.| 80,000 Hours
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 was divided, one half awarded to David Baker "for computational protein design", the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper "for protein structure prediction"| NobelPrize.org
Advanced AI systems could have massive impacts on humanity and potentially pose global catastrophic risks. There are opportunities...| 80,000 Hours
Are we prepared for the next pandemic? Pandemics — and biological risks like bioterrorism or biological weapons — pose an existential threat to humanity.| 80,000 Hours