New to AI safety

A gentle, no-prerequisites introduction to AI safety: why people worry, what the core problem is, and where the field is going—through an accessible book, a film, a documentary, and clear video explainers.

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   Human CompatibleNon-fiction Books Intermediate~11 hr read

   The clearest book-length case for why controlling advanced AI is hard—and a proposed fix.

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   Ex MachinaFilms Beginner

   A tense, human-scale story about testing whether a machine is really aligned.

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   AlphaGoDocumentaries Beginner

   Watch the match that made superhuman AI feel suddenly, concretely real.

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   Robert Miles AI SafetyYouTube Beginner

   Clear, rigorous video explainers of the core safety concepts, one at a time.

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   Concrete problems in AI safetyAcademic Papers Advanced~45 min read

   Your first paper: the agenda that made 'AI safety' a concrete engineering problem.

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