Recommended Resources
Last updated: 2024-02-13
I briefly list a number of introductory resources I frequently recommend. I also helped curate Lennart Heim's reading list on compute governance. Please reach out if you'd like some recommendations.
Recent Progress in AI
The brief history of artificial intelligence: The world has changed fast – what might be next?, Our World in Data, Max Roser, 2022
Visualizing the deep learning revolution, Richard Ngo, 2023
Introduction to AI Governance
AI Governance: Opportunity and Theory of Impact, Allan Dafoe, 2020
Motivates why to expect transformative changes from AI and how to address the challenges they cause.
Syllabus of the Governance Course, BlueDot Impact
An 8-week course I helped curate. We run a similar course at the Responsible AI Network at Georgetown.
Introduction to Compute Governance
Introduction to Compute Governance, Lennart Heim, 2023
A summary of current issues and work in compute governance
For some updates, see Lennart's blog: https://blog.heim.xyz/
Transformative AI and Compute, Lennart Heim, 2023
An long reading list, as mentioned above.
When to Expect Transformative AI
Literature review of Transformative Artificial Intelligence timelines, Wynroe et al., 2023
Both expert surveys and models comparing AI to other technologies suggest that transformative AI likely arrives in the coming decades.