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Do you have any recommendations for readings on global risk forecasting and analysis applied to public policy design on a slightly smaller scale, or for more specific objectives?

Ana Lopez

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In general, the articles I've read on AI governance tend to focus on international regulations or policies specifically designed to influence and regulate the AI development process. On the other hand, I've also come across interesting studies that forecast risks and diagnose potential threats arising from AI, other technologies, biosecurity, or global risks in general.

Now, I'm looking for recommendations on studies that connect these kinds of risk forecasts with specific public policies—especially at smaller or more localized scales. For example:
– Designing economic policies that anticipate shifts in global wealth distribution or geopolitical tensions driven by AI development.
– Developing healthcare systems that account for potential biosecurity risks.
– Planning employment policies with labor market transformations due to technological change in mind.
– Creating national or regional policy frameworks to respond to possible large-scale crises.

I’d love any suggestions for work in this direction, academic or institutional.

Thank you!

How did you find out about AI Safety? Why and how did you get involved?

Ana Lopez

8mo

Hi everyone!
My name is Ana, I’m a sociology student currently conducting a research project at the University of Buenos Aires. My work focuses on how awareness around AI Safety is raised and how the discourses on this topic are structured and circulated.

That’s why I’d love to ask you a few questions about your experiences.
To understand, from a micro-level perspective, how information about AI Safety spreads and what the trajectories of those involved look like, I’m very interested in your stories: how did you first learn about AI Safety? What made you feel compelled by it? How did you start getting involved?
I’d also love to know a bit more about you and your... (read more)

Ana Lopez's Shortform

Ana Lopez

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Hi everyone! My name is Ana, I am a sociology student and I am doing a research project at the University of Buenos Aires. In this post, I'm going to tell you a little about the approach I'm working on to understand how discourses surrounding AI Safety are structured and circulated, and I'm going to ask you some questions about your experiences.

For some time now I have been reading many of the things that are discussed in Less Wrong and in other spaces where AI Safety is published. Although from what I understand and from what I saw in the Less Wrong censuses, there is mostly influence from the exact sciences and... (read 507 more words →)