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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Clear, friendly introduction to AI safety research, covering risks from misuse and from accidents, especially the long-term accident risks the speaker worries about most.
Worth knowing: Recorded in 2021, before ChatGPT.
Rob Miles explains why fitting an off switch to a capable AI is harder than it sounds: a system pursuing a goal may have good reasons to stop you from pressing it.
Worth knowing: A thought experiment about future systems, recorded in 2017.