AI Futurism Reading List

Redwood Research, an AI safety research organization, has published a curated reading list on AI futurism as part of their Astra strategy fellowship program. The list, compiled by Alexa Pan, focuses on three key areas: understanding AI development dynamics, existential risk from advanced AI systems, and approaches to mitigating those risks. The selections reflect the conceptual frameworks regularly used at Redwood, organized across four weeks of foundational reading. Core topics include AI timelines and takeoff speed modeling, scenarios involving misaligned AI systems, and alignment and mitigation strategies. The reading list is available for educators, researchers, and anyone working to understand cutting-edge thinking on AI's trajectory and safety challenges.

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