Resolution

Scale and automation for higher confidence in alignment.

[Max @bfpill]

Norbert Wiener, a forefather of control theory and arguably the first alignment researcher, warned in 1960 that we had better be sure “the purpose put into the machine is the purpose which we really desire.” New post: patterning as control (in the Toy Model of Superposition).

[Seth Lazar @sethlazar]

Personal update!

Wait for it....

wait for it....

No I'm not joining an AI company! In fact I am, as soon as my visa is suitably adjusted, going to be joining @resolution_org part time as part of @bebacibralic's philosophy team, alongside my existing role at the JHU School of Government and Policy! Cannot wait to get cracking working with GOATs like Beba, @geoffreyirving @danielmurfet @DavidDAfrica @jacob_pfau

I think that AGI alignment and governance are the most urgent and important challenges facing society today. While I welcome the AI companies' efforts in this direction, I do not believe that we can rely on them to make powerful AI go well. God even if we could, we shouldn't want to. You can't rely on noblesse oblige for the preservation of core liberal values. This is work that has to be done independently, in the public interest.

Resolution is going to be one of the best orgs in the world working on AGI alignment, and at SGP (along with @ghadfield @nickacaputo @zhitzig and others) we're building one of the world's best groups working on AGI governance. I'm so thrilled to have the opportunity to contribute to building both. These are two orgs that have shed all institutional inertia to focus on doing work that actually matters, and will help realise the preservation and renewal of liberal democratic values through the AI transition.

Things are effing crazy in AI right now. It is easy to feel as though we lack agency, that gradual disempowerment has already begun. I think the answer to that is to BUILD THINGS. And I'll add: both @resolution_org and SGP are hiring! Join us!!

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[Alex Holness-Tofts @AHT_SBD]

OpenAI’s $10M API credit grant is the latest in a Sequence 👀 of good news for Resolution. In our first few months, we’ve secured $160M and hired 15 technical staff. Now we’re hiring a CTO to help us build faster.

[Jesse Hoogland @jesse_hoogland]

There’s an asymmetry between capabilities and alignment. The scaling laws tell us how to convert more capital (via compute) into more capabilities. We don’t have the equivalent for alignment. 1/n

https://t.co/GLHP4qx2tS

[Geoffrey Irving @geoffreyirving]

We're excited to announce that Resolution has a $160M grant from Coefficient Giving: $108M unconditional, with a further $52M conditional on hiring and compute needs. We'll use it to grow teams across our research portfolio and invest heavily in research automation. 🧵

[Geoffrey Irving @geoffreyirving]

We’re changing our name: Sequent is now Resolution.

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