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An Overview of Catastrophic AI Risks

CAIS's accessible taxonomy of catastrophic AI risks, widely used in policy education.

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Research question

What are the main sources of catastrophic risk from AI?

Key findings

Four categories: malicious use, AI race, organisational risks and rogue AIs - Mitigations for each category

Sources

arxiv.orghttps://arxiv.org/abs/2306.12001

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