Alvin Ånestrand

Jan 10, 2025 | lesswrong.com | Alvin Ånestrand |Jonas Hallgren

The Alignment Mapping Program: Forging Independent Thinkers in AI Safety - A Pilot RetrospectiveThe AI safety field faces a critical challenge: we need researchers who can not only implement existing solutions but also forge new, independent paths. In 2023, inspired by John Wentworth's work on agency and learning from researchers like Rohin Shah and Adam Shimi who have highlighted the limitations of standard AI safety education, we launched the Alignment Mapping Program (AMP).

Nov 16, 2023 | lesswrong.com | Duncan A Sabien |Jay Olson |Ben Pace |Alvin Ånestrand

You know it must be out there, but you mostly never see it. Author's Note 1: In something like 75% of possible futures, this will be the last essay that I publish on LessWrong.  Future content will be available on my substack, where I'm hoping people will be willing to chip in a little commensurate with the value of the writing, and (after a delay) on my personal site (not yet live).