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Provably safe systems: the only path to controllable AGI

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arxiv 2309.01933 v1 pith:PU2QFK5W submitted 2023-09-05 cs.CY cs.AIcs.LG

Provably safe systems: the only path to controllable AGI

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keywords pathargueonlyprovablysafeadvancedagisartificial
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We describe a path to humanity safely thriving with powerful Artificial General Intelligences (AGIs) by building them to provably satisfy human-specified requirements. We argue that this will soon be technically feasible using advanced AI for formal verification and mechanistic interpretability. We further argue that it is the only path which guarantees safe controlled AGI. We end with a list of challenge problems whose solution would contribute to this positive outcome and invite readers to join in this work.

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