OpenAI’s Moonshot: Solving the AI Alignment Problem

In July, OpenAI announced a new research program on “superalignment.” The program has the ambitious goal of solving the hardest problem in the field known as AI alignment by 2027, an effort to which OpenAI is dedicating 20 percent of its total computing power.

What is the AI alignment problem? It’s the idea that AI systems’ goals may not align with those of humans, a problem that would be heightened if superintelligent AI systems are developed. Here’s …

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