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AI risk assessment: Fact generation vs. evidence analysis

This post explores the various dimensions of third-party risk assessment in AI development. It distinguishes between fact-generation and evidence analysis, highlighting that adversarial processes like red-teaming benefit most from independent third parties to ensure genuine effort and avoid sandbagging. The author also notes that expertise, access to sensitive information, and the potential for developers to game evaluation scores are key considerations when determining the necessity of external auditors. AI

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AI risk assessment: Fact generation vs. evidence analysis

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Buck ·

    Notes on axes of variation in third-party risk assessment

    <p><span>There are many different activities that could be described as "third-party risk assessment". Here are some distinctions that I’ve found helpful thinking about the space over the last few weeks.</span></p><p><span>(Thanks Ajeya Cotra and Paul Christiano for discussions t…