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Artificial superintelligence may arrive within a few years, and it is unclear whether alignment research is on track to be ready in that same timeframe, since current empirical programs at AI labs are unlikely to deliver a priori confidence that training an ASI will go well.
Sequent, a new nonprofit formed from UK AI Security Institute and Timaeus researchers, argues alignment work is not keeping pace with the likely timeline for superintelligent AI, motivating its launch. ✦ AI generated
Sequent · Import AI · 2026-06-15 · original ↗
Artificial superintelligence (ASI) may be developed in the next few years. It is unclear whether alignment is on track to be ready on the same timeframe. At a minimum, the empirical programs at AI labs are unlikely to deliver a priori confidence, before training ASI, that things will go well.
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- ·Artificial superintelligence may emerge in a few years
- ·Unclear if alignment work is on track
- ·Same timeframe, uncertain readiness
- ·AI labs rely on empirical alignment programs
- ·Unlikely to give a priori confidence pre-training
- ·Sequent formed to close this gap
- ·Founded by UK AISI and Timaeus researchers
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As AI systems get smarter and take over more of the research enterprise, potentially undergoing recursive self-improvement, we need much better alignment techniques, and independent organizations like Sequent are valuable because they can raise the alarm if frontier labs act dangerously.Jack Clark · Import AI · conf 72%Our automated AI research system's new state-of-the-art results are an early sign it can push the frontier on AI training and infrastructure tasks, at least when goals are well-defined, measurable, and fast to evaluate.Recursive · Import AI · conf 60%