AI for AI safety

My take on slowing down AI. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2026/03/19/on-restraining-ai-development-for-the-sake-of-safety/

AIs will face philosophical questions humans can't answer for them. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2026/01/29/building-ais-that-do-human-like-philosophy/

AIs with alien motivations can still follow instructions safely on the inputs that matter. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/11/12/how-human-like-do-safe-ai-motivations-need-to-be/

On a career move, and on AI-safety-focused people working at AI companies. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/11/03/leaving-open-philanthropy-going-to-anthropic/

On boxing AIs, and on making deals with them. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/09/29/controlling-the-options-ais-can-pursue

A four-step picture. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/08/18/giving-ais-safe-motivations

On seeing and not seeing souls. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/05/21/the-stakes-of-ai-moral-status/

It's really important; we've got a real shot; there are a ton of ways to fail. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/04/30/can-we-safely-automate-alignment-research/. There's also a video and transcript of a talk I gave on this topic here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/04/30/video-and-transcript-of-talk-on-automating-alignment-research/

We should try extremely hard to use AI labor to help address the alignment problem. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.com/2025/03/14/ai-for-ai-safety

On the structure of the path to safe superintelligence, and some possible milestones along the way. Text version here: https://joecarlsmith.substack.com/p/paths-and-waystations-in-ai-safety