# 168 - How to Solve AI Alignment with Paul Christiano

*Author: Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman*
*Published: Apr 22, 2023*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/es/podcast/early-access-how-to-solve-ai-alignment-with-paul-christiano*

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Paul previously ran the language model alignment team at OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT. 

Today, we’re hoping to explore the solution-landscape to the AI Alignment problem, and hoping Paul can guide us on that journey. 

In today’s episode, Paul answers many questions, but the overarching ones are: 

1) How BIG is the AI Alignment problem? 

2) How HARD is the AI Alighment problem?

3) How SOLVABLE is the AI Alignment problem? 

Does humanity have a chance? Tune in to hear Paul’s thoughts. 

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### TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro

9:20 Percentage Likelihood of Death by AI

11:24 Timing 

19:15 Chimps to Human Jump

21:55 Thoughts on ChatGPT

27:51 LLMs & AGI

32:49 Time to React?

38:29 AI Takeover 

41:51 AI Agency 

49:35 Loopholes 

51:14 Training AIs to Be Honest 

58:00 Psychology 

59:36 How Solvable Is the AI Alignment Problem?

1:03:48 The Technical Solutions (Scalable Oversight) 

1:16:14 Training AIs to be Bad?! 

1:18:22 More Solutions

1:21:36 Stabby AIs 

1:26:03 Public vs. Private (Lab) AIs

1:28:31 Inside Neural Nets

1:32:11 4th Solution 

1:35:00 Manpower & Funding 

1:38:15 Pause AI?

1:43:29 Resources & Education on AI Safety 

1:46:13 Talent  

1:49:00 Paul’s Day Job

1:50:15 Nobel Prize 

1:52:35 Treating AIs with Respect 

1:53:41 Uptopia Scenario 

1:55:50 Closing & Disclaimers 

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### RESOURCES
Alignment Research Center

https://www.alignment.org/

Paul Christiano’s Website

https://paulfchristiano.com/ai/
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