How do we solve the alignment problem?

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Introduction to a series of essays about paths to safe and useful superintelligence.

Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.substack.com/p/how-do-we-solve-the-alignment-problem

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Joe Carlsmith Audio

How do we solve the alignment problem?

Joe Carlsmith Audio

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MP3•Episode hjem

Introduction to a series of essays about paths to safe and useful superintelligence.

Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.substack.com/p/how-do-we-solve-the-alignment-problem

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AI for AI safety 27:51

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We should try extremely hard to use AI labor to help address the alignment problem. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/03/14/ai-for-ai-safety

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Paths and waystations in AI safety 18:07

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On the structure of the path to safe superintelligence, and some possible milestones along the way. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.substack.com/p/paths-and-waystations-in-ai-safety

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When should we worry about AI power-seeking? 46:54

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Examining the conditions required for rogue AI behavior. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.substack.com/p/when-should-we-worry-about-ai-power

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What is it to solve the alignment problem? 40:13

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Also: to avoid it? Handle it? Solve it forever? Solve it completely? Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.substack.com/p/what-is-it-to-solve-the-alignment

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How do we solve the alignment problem? 8:43

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Introduction to a series of essays about paths to safe and useful superintelligence. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.substack.com/p/how-do-we-solve-the-alignment-problem

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Fake thinking and real thinking 1:18:47

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When the line pulls at your hand. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/01/28/fake-thinking-and-real-thinking/.

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Takes on "Alignment Faking in Large Language Models" 1:27:54

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What can we learn from recent empirical demonstrations of scheming in frontier models? Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/12/18/takes-on-alignment-faking-in-large-language-models/

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(Part 2, AI takeover) Extended audio from my conversation with Dwarkesh Patel 2:07:33

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Extended audio from my conversation with Dwarkesh Patel. This part focuses on the basic story about AI takeover. Transcript available on my website here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/09/30/part-2-ai-takeover-extended-audio-transcript-from-my-conversation-with-dwarkesh-patel

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(Part 1, Otherness) Extended audio from my conversation with Dwarkesh Patel 3:58:38

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Extended audio from my conversation with Dwarkesh Patel. This part focuses on my series "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." Transcript available on my website here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/09/30/part-1-otherness-extended-audio-transcript-from-my-conversation-with-dwarkesh-patel/

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Introduction and summary for "Otherness and control in the age of AGI" 12:23

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This is the introduction and summary for my series "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi

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Second half of full audio for "Otherness and control in the age of AGI" 4:11:02

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Second half of the full audio for my series on how agents with different values should relate to one another, and on the ethics of seeking and sharing power. First half here: https://joecarlsmithaudio.buzzsprout.com/2034731/15266490-first-half-of-full-audio-for-otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi PDF of the full series here: https://jc.gatspress.com/pdf/otherness_full.pdf Summary of the series here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi…

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First half of full audio for "Otherness and control in the age of AGI" 3:07:29

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First half of the full audio for my series on how agents with different values should relate to one another, and on the ethics of seeking and sharing power. Second half here: https://joecarlsmithaudio.buzzsprout.com/2034731/15272132-second-half-of-full-audio-for-otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi PDF of the full series here: https://jc.gatspress.com/pdf/otherness_full.pdf Summary of the series here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi…

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Loving a world you don't trust 1:03:54

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Garden, campfire, healing water. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/06/18/loving-a-world-you-dont-trust This essay is part of a series I'm calling "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping that individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief text summaries of the essays that have been released thus far: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi…

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On attunement 44:14

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Examining a certain kind of meaning-laden receptivity to the world. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/03/25/on-attunement This essay is part of a series I'm calling "Otherness and control in the age of AGI." I'm hoping that individual essays can be read fairly well on their own, but see here for brief text summaries of the essays that have been released thus far: https://joecarlsmith.com/2024/01/02/otherness-and-control-in-the-age-of-agi (Though: note that I haven't put the summary post on the podcast yet.)…

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On green 1:15:13

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