AI Safety Awareness Foundation Forecasting Workshop

This is a free AI safety meetup aimed at teaching the general public what modern AI is capable of, both good and bad, and giving people an introduction to the skills and knowledge necessary to predict what else might be coming around the corner.

This event is meant very much for a general audience; this means that we will be assuming very little about people’s technical backgrounds or previous experience and knowledge of AI.

On the other hand, we also encourage people who may have a strong technical background or strong AI development experience to attend. Our hosts have worked on both technical and governance research in AI safety, so we’re happy to talk shop about more technical details in today’s models.

We’ll be kicking off with an introduction to the state of modern AI today, then going into more detailed forecasting exercises.
In particular, our event will cover:

1. A demo of existing dangerous AI capabilities, and how these can be misused.
2. Using prediction markets to calibrate expectations and help forecast what kinds of AI developments might come and when. Participants will collaboratively work on forecasting developments in three categories: AI capabilities, governance, and harms.

If you’re interested in attending, we ask that you fill out our signup form to help us with planning the logistics of the event: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetTOpZ7OUSZPoEAnFpqIOi_Guq1E5tlAIacbLn-QIeBOdSRA/viewform?usp=sharing