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New nonprofit Sequent launches to boost AI alignment confidence

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A new nonprofit research organization called Sequent has been launched with the goal of improving AI alignment confidence. The organization plans to invest heavily in automation and theoretical research to accelerate progress. Sequent aims to achieve higher confidence in aligned outcomes by exploring a portfolio of theoretical and empirical approaches, differentiating itself from the reactive methods often employed by AI labs. AI

IMPACT Aims to provide higher confidence in AI alignment, potentially accelerating safe ASI development.

RANK_REASON Launch of a new, well-funded research organization focused on AI safety with prominent researchers.

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New nonprofit Sequent launches to boost AI alignment confidence

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. Alignment Forum TIER_1 English(EN) · Geoffrey Irving ·

    Sequent: scale and automation for higher confidence in alignment

    <img alt="" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/lesswrong-2-0/image/upload/v1781104966/lexical_client_uploads/fcltdf1kfsafrnjf4epf.png" /><h1><span>Alignment is not on track</span></h1><p><span>Artificial superintelligence (ASI) may be developed in the next few years. It is unclear w…

  2. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Geoffrey Irving ·

    Sequent: scale and automation for higher confidence in alignment

    <img alt="" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/lesswrong-2-0/image/upload/v1781104966/lexical_client_uploads/fcltdf1kfsafrnjf4epf.png" /><h1><span>Alignment is not on track</span></h1><p><span>Artificial superintelligence (ASI) may be developed in the next few years. It is unclear w…

  3. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/KeanuRave100 ·

    Progress on alignment and capabilities

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1u012in/progress_on_alignment_and_capabilities/"> <img alt="Progress on alignment and capabilities" src="https://preview.redd.it/ux7e8v8qi06h1.png?width=320&amp;crop=smart&amp;auto=webp&amp;s=5472ece584f191d3e3f4a…

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