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Everything worth reading about AI and human control. In one place.

Research papers, investigations, explainers, videos, laws and the organizations doing the work, from people who are alarmed and people who are skeptical. New additions are checked by two people before they are listed. The launch collection was compiled with the help of AI research assistants, and every link was opened and checked on 22 September 2026.

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BookOct 8, 2019For the curious

Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control

Stuart Russell · Penguin Random House · penguinrandomhouse.com

A leading AI researcher explains why machines built to pursue fixed objectives could slip out of human control, and proposes AI that stays uncertain about what we want so that it defers to us.

Worth knowing: Written in 2019, before today's chatbots.

BookJul 3, 2014For the curious

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies

Nick Bostrom · Oxford University Press · global.oup.com

The philosophical book that brought AI risk to wide attention: how AI smarter than humans might arise, why it could be hard to control, and what strategies might help.

Worth knowing: Written in 2014, before the current generation of AI systems.