“Reframing AI Safety as a Neverending Institutional Challenge” by scasper

Crossposed from https://stephencasper.com/reframing-ai-safety-as-a-neverending-institutional-challenge/

Stephen Casper

“They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in view, something which leaves off as soon as that end is reached. It is not a public chore, to be got over with. It is a way of life.”
– Plutarch

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
– Wendell Phillips

“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except our modes of thinking, and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.”
– Albert Einstein

“Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral.”
– Melvin Kranzberg

“Don’t ask if artificial intelligence is good or fair, ask how it shifts power.”
– Pratyusha Kalluri

“Deliberation should be the goal of AI Safety, not just the procedure by which it is ensured.”
– Roel [...]

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First published:
March 23rd, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bzYJCXicmwDHDpLZa/reframing-ai-safety-as-a-neverending-institutional-challenge

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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