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Alignment Forum - Newcomer's Guide to Technical AI Safety Field
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A useful onboarding resource for those new to AI safety, published on the Alignment Forum, which aggregates serious technical and conceptual work in the field; best read early in one's engagement with AI safety research.
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Summary
A comprehensive introductory guide for those new to technical AI safety research, mapping the landscape of key problems, research agendas, and approaches in the field. It helps orient newcomers by explaining major research directions, key organizations, and how different subfields relate to each other. The guide serves as a starting point for understanding what technical AI safety research involves and how to engage with it.
Key Points
- •Provides an overview of the major technical AI safety research directions including alignment, interpretability, and robustness
- •Explains the motivations behind AI safety research and why researchers believe current approaches may be insufficient
- •Maps key organizations and research groups working on technical AI safety problems
- •Helps newcomers understand the relationships between different subfields and research agendas
- •Offers guidance on how to get involved and where to focus learning efforts depending on background and interests
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[A newcomer’s guide to the technical AI safety field](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#)
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[Motivations](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Motivations)
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[Some terminology](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Some_terminology)
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[Brief history of AI and AI safety](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Brief_history_of_AI_and_AI_safety)
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[Different paradigms](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Different_paradigms)
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[AI risks](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#AI_risks)
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[Threat models](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Threat_models)
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[Seed AI](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Seed_AI)
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[Prosaic AI](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Prosaic_AI)
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[Brain-like AI](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Brain_like_AI)
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[Polarity](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Polarity)
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[Research type](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Research_type)
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[Conceptual](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Conceptual)
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[Theoretical](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Theoretical)
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[Applied](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Applied)
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[Conclusion](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Conclusion)
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[Useful resources](https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/5rsa37pBjo4Cf9fkE/a-newcomer-s-guide-to-the-technical-ai-safety-field#Useful_resources)
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