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AI Safety Expert Lists 5 Corrigibility Projects He Won't Fund

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Max Harms outlines five categories of AI corrigibility projects that he believes are not worth funding. These include projects focused on preventing AI from developing undesirable goals, ensuring AI systems can be shut down, and developing methods for AI to understand and adhere to human values. Harms argues that current approaches to these problems are unlikely to be effective and may even be counterproductive. AI

IMPACT This commentary highlights potential misdirections in AI safety research, suggesting a need for more effective approaches to corrigibility.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece by a named credible voice discussing AI safety.

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AI Safety Expert Lists 5 Corrigibility Projects He Won't Fund

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Max Harms ·

    Five Types of “Corrigibility Projects” I Don’t Want to Fund

    <p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm currently evaluating grant applications for </span><a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/FBqe5dt8ZjaHN4Xj9/announcing-the-corrigibility-research-fund" rel="noreferrer"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">the Corrigibility Research F…

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