AI AND ITS MALCONTENTS

navigating a future with new friends

A robot and rabbit driving off into the future

We are entering a future with new friends who may challenge us. To help the world, we must consider the future. Can a future with AI be non-zero-sum? Will we be symbiotic or competitive—us or them?

THE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT

Beyond the well-known "alignment problem" discussed in mainstream debates, there's a less obvious dimension that warrants our attention: humanity isn't aligned.

A rabbit facing a scary robot THE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT
what is alignment?
A collective inside a Moloch character THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COLLECTIVE
the alignment problem no one is talking about: part 2
A carrot GETTING ALIGNED THROUGH HISTORY
the alignment problem no one is talking about: part 3
A rabbit looking at a globe THE SCALE OF THE ISSUE
the alignment problem no one is talking about: part 4
A robot coming out of the ground CAN AI HELP?
the alignment problem no one is talking about: part 5
a venn diagram showing the intersection of collecitve and individuall interests SOLUTIONS
the alignment problem no one is talking about: part 6

CREATIVITY & THE HUMAN TOUCH

Human creativity has always held a semi-magical quality, and yet, recent progress in machine learning has shown that spell-binding music and art turn out to be some the lowest hanging fruit for AI. So, what does the future hold for creativity?

Four rabbits looking at paintings, each progressively less impressed WHY I'M KEEPING MY CRAPPY DRAWINGS
how ai art won't supplant... art