Chris Leong
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“Of course, one must ask, are we still in the regime where radical optionality makes sense or are we past that now.”
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Notes on Take-Off Speeds and RSI
Chris Leong, who facilitates AI safety courses, posts study notes that gather views on how fast AI progress could become. They cover METR's report on Anthropic, other estimates of AI-driven research speed-up, sceptical counterarguments, and policy proposals.
Notes on “We’re in Triage Mode for AI Safety” by Miles Brundage
Chris_Leong posts reading notes on a Miles Brundage essay arguing that AI safety work is in triage mode. The notes add context, then collect views from Toby Ord, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Dwarkesh Patel and others for rejecting short timelines.
Setting the Scene (Public v1; October 25)
On the AI Alignment Forum, Chris Leong posts a refresher on recent AI safety events for students of the courses Leong facilitates. According to the excerpt, it opens with cyber security, citing the past week's vulnerability news, including php2shell. The post is described as less polished bonus material with many links.