Deric Cheng

This is the introductory piece for a series of essays written by AI economists, policy researchers, and political thinkers on the topic of a new AGI Social Contract. Current contributors include: Anton Korinek, Deger Turan (CEO of Metaculus), Steve Omohundro, Iason Gabriel (DeepMind), Julian Jacobs (DeepMind), Sam Manning (GovAI), Dylan...

This is a light, informal taxonomy of jobs that conceptually will display significant resistance to automation, even after the diffusion of transformative AI systems that can outperform humans in all forms of cognitive and physical labor. This is intended to provide practical, non-technical context around plausible human jobs in a...

This is an 8-page comprehensive summary of the results from Threshold 2030: a recent expert conference on economic impacts hosted by Convergence Analysis, Metaculus, and the Future of Life Institute. Please see the linkpost for the full end-to-end report, which is 80 pages of analysis and 100+ pages of raw...

Note: This report was conducted in June 2024 and is based on research originally commissioned by the Future of Life Foundation (FLF). The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not represent the positions of FLF. This report investigates Training Data Attribution (TDA)...

Note: This report was conducted in June 2024 and is based on research originally commissioned by the Future of Life Foundation (FLF). The views and opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not represent the positions of FLF. This report investigates Training Data Attribution (TDA)...

We’ve previously written a piece on soft nationalization, discussing the growing importance of US national security on the control and regulation of powerful AI models. The upcoming shift from Biden’s administration to a Republican one is likely to necessitate some changes in strategy and framing for AI safety initiatives. US...

This post consists of the Executive Summary and Conclusion of our proposal for model registries as a foundational tool for AI governance, authored by Elliot McKernon, Gwyn Glasser, Deric Cheng, and Gillian Hadfield. The full report is available through the link above. Executive Summary of Our Proposal In this report,...