Ideas for AI labs: Reading list

By Zach Stein-Perlman @ 2023-04-24T19:00 (+28)

This is a crosspost, probably from LessWrong. Try viewing it there.

Geoffrey Miller @ 2023-04-25T16:40 (+4)

Zach - it can be helpful to develop reading lists. But in my experience, busy people are much more likely to dive into a list of 3-4 things that are each no more than 2,000 words, rather than a comprehensive list of all the great things they could possibly read if they have a few extra weeks of life.

So, the ideally targeted 'AI risk/AI alignment' reading list, IMHO, would involve no more than 8,000 words total (that could be read in about 40 minutes).

Zach Stein-Perlman @ 2023-04-25T17:10 (+8)

That would be good too! And it would fill a different niche. This list is mostly meant for AI strategy researchers rather than busy laymen, and it's certainly not meant to be read cover to cover.

(Note also that this list isn't really about AI risk and certainly isn't about AI alignment.)

(Note also that I'm not trying to make people "more likely" to read it-- it's optimal for some people to engage with it and not optimal for others.)