Could working on AI risks be the highest-impact career choice today? Explore why AI may trigger rapid, dramatic societal change — and what you can do about it.
AI Researchers On AI Risk
I first became interested in AI risk back around 2007. At the time, most people’s response to the topic was “Haha, come back when anyone believes this besides random Internet crackpots.…
People know AI is risky. They just don’t know what to do about it. | TrendLife Blog
New international research from TrendLife reveals a wide gap between AI adoption and awareness of AI-powered threats.
What AI companies can do today to help with the most important century
Major AI companies can increase or reduce global catastrophic risks.
AI Could Set Back Women at Work. Here’s the Risk.
JP Morgan and Brookings research shows women face higher risks from AI due to lower representation, slower adoption, and job exposure.
A new direction for students in an AI world: Prosper, prepare, protect | Brookings
This report explores the potential risks generative AI poses to students and outlines what we can do now to minimize them.
New ILO data confirm women face higher workplace risks from generative AI than men
A new report finds that women face higher risks, as they are concentrated in tasks more prone to automation and remain underrepresented in technology and science fields.
AI FOR EPISTEMICS & COORDINATION
Civilization and technology have radically improved the human condition. Nonetheless, the world sometimes goes in directions which essentially nobody would prefer — e.g., nuclear arms races, unexpected financial crashes, predatory marketing, or ubiquitous political misinformation.
Action Plan to increase the safety and security of advanced AI
The first U.S. government-commissioned assessment on catastrophic national security risks from advanced AI on the path to AGI.
AI May Be Atrophying Our Brains, Professor Warns
AI may soon ruin our ability to make decisions for ourselves — an outcome that would be, one expert warns, "catastrophic."
AI is getting too advanced
AI is coming for insurance professionals – and women
New research reveals that millions of workers face both high AI exposure and low ability to adapt - and the insurance industry sits squarely in the crosshairs
Loss of control - Problem profile
Why do we think that reducing risks from AI is one of the most pressing issues of our time?
Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career
I don’t think there’s compelling evidence that using AI makes you less intelligent overall1. However, it seems pretty obvious that using AI to perform a task means you don’t learn as much about performing that task. Some software engineers think this is a decisive argument against the use of AI. Their argument goes something like this:
