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“Joining the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace” by Holden Karnofsky
“Joining the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace” by Holden Karnofsky
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4 minutes
Released:
Apr 29, 2024
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Podcast episode
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Effective today, I’ve left Open Philanthropy and joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace[1] as a Visiting Scholar. At Carnegie, I will analyze and write about topics relevant to AI risk reduction. In the short term, I will focus on (a) what AI capabilities might increase the risk of a global catastrophe; (b) how we can catch early warning signs of these capabilities; and (c) what protective measures (for example, strong information security) are important for safely handling such capabilities. This is a continuation of the work I’ve been doing over the last ~year. I want to be explicit about why I’m leaving Open Philanthropy. It's because my work no longer involves significant involvement in grantmaking, and given that I’ve overseen grantmaking historically, it's a significant problem for there to be confusion on this point. Philanthropy comes with particular power dynamics that I’d like to move away from, and [...] The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. ---
First published:
April 29th, 2024
Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/7gzgwgwefwBku2cnL/joining-the-carnegie-endowment-for-international-peace
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
First published:
April 29th, 2024
Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/7gzgwgwefwBku2cnL/joining-the-carnegie-endowment-for-international-peace
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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
Released:
Apr 29, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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