The Project: Situational Awareness

By Leopold Aschenbrenner

A former OpenAI researcher argues that private AI companies cannot safely develop superintelligence due to security vulnerabilities and competitive pressures that override safety. He argues that a government-led 'AGI Project' is inevitable and necessary to prevent adversaries stealing the AI systems, or losing human control over the technology.

Source:

https://situational-awareness.ai/the-project/?utm_source=bluedot-impact

A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

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Chapters

• 4:13 The path to The Project
• 11:38 Why The Project is the only way
• 12:30 Superintelligence will be the United States’ most important national defense project
• 14:09 A sane chain of command for superintelligence
• 17:44 The civilian uses of superintelligence
• 19:15 Security
• 21:00 Safety
• 23:44 Stabilizing the international situation
• 25:55 The Project is inevitable; whether it’s good is not
• 29:34 The endgame