In Search of a Dynamist Vision for Safe Superhuman AI

By Helen Toner

This essay describes AI safety policies that rely on centralised control (surveillance, fewer AI projects, licensing regimes) as "stasist" approaches that sacrifice innovation for stability. Toner argues we need "dynamist" solutions to the risks from AI that allow for decentralised experimentation, creativity and risk-taking.

Source:

https://helentoner.substack.com/p/dynamism-vs-stasis

A podcast by BlueDot Impact.

Learn more on the AI Safety Fundamentals website.

Chapters

• 3:16 Stasism: Finding the “One Best Way”
• 10:52 Advanced AI as a threat to a dynamic future
• 13:36 Dynamism: An “open-ended future”