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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Drawing on interviews with researchers, explores how machine-learning systems can end up at odds with what their makers intend and with human values, and the work to align them.
Worth knowing: Written before ChatGPT, so its examples predate today's chatbots.
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.