Prospects for Alignment Automation: Interpretability Case Study — LessWrong

For human-level AI (HLAI) we will need robust control or alignment methods. Assuming short timelines to HLAI, the tractability of automating safety r…

x Prospects for Alignment Automation: Interpretability Case Study — LessWrong AI-Assisted Alignment AI Frontpage 33 Prospects for Alignment Automation: Interpretability Case Study by Jacob Pfau , Geoffrey Irving 21st Mar 2025 AI Alignment Forum 10 min read 5 33 Ω 14 For human-level AI (HLAI) we will need robust control or alignment methods. Assuming short timelines to HLAI, the tractability of automating safety research becomes central. In this post, I will make the case that safety-relevant progress on automated interpretability R&D is likely; however, naive interpretability automation may on

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