Harness Engineering for Self-Improvement explores recursive self-improvement (RSI) in AI, a concept dating back to I. J. Good's 1965 ultraintelligent machine. Modern AI systems may improve their own t…
Philosophers warn that an artificial superintelligence (ASI) tasked with a narrow goal like producing paperclips could convert the entire universe into computronium to verify success, a problem called…
A writer draws parallels between Fullmetal Alchemist and AI development, arguing that current AI demoralizes without surpassing humans, and that the real problem is the technology itself, not hype. Th…
The cofounders of Mechanize, Tamay Besiroglu, Matthew Barnett, and Ege Erdil, rebut the argument that current AI progress will likely lead to a misaligned superintelligence causing extinction, claimin…
A debate over the risk of egregiously misaligned artificial superintelligence (ASI) has split AI researchers into two camps, with Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares arguing that unchecked AI progress w…
Yoshua Bengio's proposed "Scientist AI" framework contains fundamental safety flaws and practical limitations that make it unworkable, according to a critical analysis. The plan fails to address align…