A research community at UCLA for the safety of advanced AI

AI systems are improving faster than our ability to understand them, and we are very quickly approaching a world where these capabilities pose an existential threat to the continued wellbeing of humanity. These models are already aiding in cybercrime, the design of bioweapons, and mass surveillance. Frontier labs have consistently demonstrated an inability to keep their most powerful systems in check while racing towards recursive self improvement. All the while, the United States and China are fighting for AI supremacy.

The world needs more people working in AI safety, whether as technical researchers, policymakers, field-builders, or forecasters.