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Alignment research exercises

📅 2022
policy development
⚪ Common
#ai #exercises / problem-sets

📖 Description

It's currently hard to know where to start when trying to get better at thinking about alignment. So below I've listed a few dozen exercises which I expect to be helpful. They assume a level of background alignment knowledge roughly equivalent to what's covered in the [technical alignment track of the AGI safety fundamentals course](https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/BpAKCeGMtQqqty9ZJ/agi-safety-fundamentals-curriculum-and-application). They vary greatly in difficulty - some are standard knowledge in ML, some are open research questions. I've given the exercises star ratings from \* to \*\*\* for difficulty (note: *not* for length of time to complete - many require reading papers before engaging with them). However, I haven't tried to solve them all myself, so the star ratings may be significantly off.

📊 Game Impacts

Variable Change Condition
Research +5 Always
Vibey Doom +2 Always
Ethics Risk -5 Always

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"Discussed in AI safety community"
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