Overview of How AI Might Exacerbate Long-Running Catastrophic Risks

Developments in AI could exacerbate long-running catastrophic risks, including bioterrorism, disinformation and resulting institutional dysfunction, misuse of concentrated power, nuclear and conventional war, other coordination failures, and unknown risks. This document compiles research on how AI might raise these risks. (Other material in this course discusses more novel risks from AI.) We draw heavily from previous overviews by academics, particularly Dafoe (2020) and Hendrycks et al. (2023).

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https://aisafetyfundamentals.com/governance-blog/overview-of-ai-risk-exacerbation

Narrated for AI Safety Fundamentals by Perrin Walker of TYPE III AUDIO.

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