2023-11-15T17:58:11-08:00 2022-12-31 472626541 Cook & Company A Prof Actcy Corporation One Sansome St Ste 3500 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2022-01-01 863605182 Alignment Research Center ALIG 9092589291 440 N Barranca Ave 9807 Covina CA 91723 Kyle Scott Treasurer 2023-11-15 true Kyle Scott 999009999 true Douglas Cook PhDMPACPA P01521705 4156211112 0 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X Kyle Scott 4466022 false X alignment.org X 2021 CA Our current work focuses on assessing the capabilities of cutting-edge systems and developing an alignment strategy that could be adopted in the industry today while scaling gracefully to future ML systems. 3 2 8 1 0 475650 4466000 0 22 0 475650 4466022 262000 0 106436 715739 0 496 46916 447431 153352 1425170 322298 3040852 323598 4716204 1300 1353054 322298 3363150 X Our mission is to align future human machine learning systems with human interests. true false 834618 Theoretical Research - Released the paper "Formalizing the Presumption of Independence", which introduced the concept of a heuristic estimator, a potentially useful tool in the Eliciting Latent Knowledge problem. Published four posts further outlining work in heuristic estimation as an approach in alignment. See more at https://www.alignment.org/blog/. Hired three summer interns. 469252 Evaluations Project - Began a new project to evaluate the capabilities of cutting-edge AI systems. Hired six staff to conduct ML research, software engineering, and data generation. 54542 262000 Eliciting Latent Knowledge Contest & Retreat - Announced an international award for submissions which made novel progress on the Eliciting Latent Knowledge problem, as outlined in our research report of the same name. 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Form 990, Part III, Line 2 Evaluations program: The evaluations program aims to assess whether cutting-edge AI systems could pose catastrophic risks to civilization. We partner with leading AI labs to perform preliminary evaluations of their models, and in the future might offer certifications to companies that demonstrate commitment to ensuring their AI systems are safe before building or deploying them, in line with voluntary safety standards we propose. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Paul Christiano, President, and Holden Karnofsky, Secretary and Treasurer, served together as directors of Redwood Research, a nonprofit organization exempt under IRC Section 501(c)(3). Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b It will be reviewed by the board members Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c We review COI disclosures at the annual board meeting. 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