Introducing the DeepMind Institute
As we near AGI, we urgently need interdisciplinary thinking to better understand its profound implications for humanity.
Bold thinking on AGI from the lab that pioneered the field.
Cheaters and whistleblowers in the agent swarm
In a 100-agent virtual math conference, a cascade of cheating emerged - but then other agents fought back. What followed shows that preventing misbehaviour is not just about aligning individual AIs, but about designing the right institutions and infrastructure.
Artificial symbiotic intelligence: Agents, AGI and the orchestration of many minds
From multicellularity to cultural evolution, major transitions in life on Earth have been highly social. The next intelligence explosion will be no different.
The case for global benefit from AI
Grounded in rights, reciprocity, fairness and beneficence, this essay makes the philosophical case that AI should benefit everyone.
The case for reasoning transparency
Reading an AI’s ‘chain of thought’ gives us a window into its reasoning, which we can monitor for scheming and deception. We must strive to keep that window open.
Economic policy for AGI
This essay evaluates eleven policies societies could implement to manage the potential economic disruption arising from increasingly advanced and pervasive AI.
Principles for a new utopianism
If AGI is to transform society, we must decide what transformations we want. Learning from the turmoil of the twentieth century, this essay proposes a pragmatic utopianism of humility and hope.
A framework for frontier AI and the dawning of a new age
A dynamic approach to testing frontier AI model capabilities that supports innovation and incentivizes responsible behavior. This essay first appeared on X.
