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Ryan Greenblatt on AI Control, Timelines, and Slowing Down Around Human-Level AI

2024/9/27
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Ryan Greenblatt joins the podcast to discuss AI control, timelines, takeoff speeds, misalignment, and slowing down around human-level AI. 

You can learn more about Ryan's work here: https://www.redwoodresearch.org/team/ryan-greenblatt  

Timestamps: 

00:00 AI control  

09:35 Challenges to AI control  

23:48 AI control as a bridge to alignment 

26:54 Policy and coordination for AI safety 

29:25 Slowing down around human-level AI 

49:14 Scheming and misalignment 

01:27:27 AI timelines and takeoff speeds 

01:58:15 Human cognition versus AI cognition