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As AI systems become increasingly capable, safety strategies must be evaluated not only by how much they reduce present risk, but by whether they could sustain safety once external control can no longer reliably constrain system behavior.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-14 James M. Mazzu

Latest addition to the toolbox of human species is Artificial Intelligence(AI). Thus far, AI has made significant progress in low stake low risk scenarios such as playing Go and we are currently in a transition toward medium stake scenarios…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-09-27 SaiKrishna Rallabandi

This paper introduces a novel visual mapping methodology for assessing strategic alignment in national artificial intelligence policies. The proliferation of AI strategies across countries has created an urgent need for analytical…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Mohammad Hossein Azin , Hessam Zandhessami

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more powerful and widespread, the AI alignment problem - how to ensure that AI systems pursue the goals that we want them to pursue - has garnered growing attention. This article distinguishes two…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Anton Korinek , Avital Balwit

The rapid integration of agentic AI into high-stakes real-world applications requires robust oversight mechanisms. The emerging field of AI Control (AIC) aims to provide such an oversight mechanism, but practical adoption depends heavily on…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Mikhail Terekhov , Zhen Ning David Liu , Caglar Gulcehre , Samuel Albanie

Recent advances in general-purpose AI underscore the urgent need to align AI systems with human goals and values. Yet, the lack of a clear, shared understanding of what constitutes "alignment" limits meaningful progress and…

Recent AI systems compress the distance between capability growth and capability deployment. Earlier high-risk technologies were slowed by capital intensity, physical bottlenecks, organizational inertia, and specialized supply chains. By…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Wesley Shu , Peng Wei

Governments are increasingly interested in using AI to make administrative decisions cheaper, more scalable, and more consistent. But for probabilistic AI to be incorporated into public administration it must be embedded in a compliance…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Andrew J. Peterson

With AI systems becoming more powerful and pervasive, there is increasing debate about keeping their actions aligned with the broader goals and needs of humanity. This multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder debate must resolve many…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-12-21 Koen Holtman

Assuring safety of artificial intelligence (AI) applied to safety-critical systems is of paramount importance. Especially since research in the field of automated driving shows that AI is able to outperform classical approaches, to handle…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Lars Ullrich , Michael Buchholz , Klaus Dietmayer , Knut Graichen

Artificial intelligence (AI) governance is the body of standards and practices used to ensure that AI systems are deployed responsibly. Current AI governance approaches consist mainly of manual review and documentation processes. While such…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Sean McGregor , Jesse Hostetler

AI alignment research is the field of study dedicated to ensuring that artificial intelligence (AI) benefits humans. As machine intelligence gets more advanced, this research is becoming increasingly important. Researchers in the field…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-06-08 Jan H. Kirchner , Logan Smith , Jacques Thibodeau , Kyle McDonell , Laria Reynolds

With increasing ubiquity of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern societies, individual countries and the international community are working hard to create an innovation-friendly, yet safe, regulatory environment. Adequate regulation is…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-05-25 Olivia J. Erdélyi , Judy Goldsmith

This paper contributes to the nascent debate around safety cases for frontier AI systems. Safety cases are structured, defensible arguments that a system is acceptably safe to deploy in a given context. Historically, they have been used in…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Shaun Feakins , Ibrahim Habli , Phillip Morgan

The critical inquiry pervading the realm of Philosophy, and perhaps extending its influence across all Humanities disciplines, revolves around the intricacies of morality and normativity. Surprisingly, in recent years, this thematic thread…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-06-19 Nicholas Kluge Corrêa

The emergence of large language models (LLMs) has sparked the possibility of about Artificial Superintelligence (ASI), a hypothetical AI system surpassing human intelligence. However, existing alignment paradigms struggle to guide such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-30 HyunJin Kim , Xiaoyuan Yi , Jing Yao , Jianxun Lian , Muhua Huang , Shitong Duan , JinYeong Bak , Xing Xie

The value alignment problem for artificial intelligence (AI) is often framed as a purely technical or normative challenge, sometimes focused on hypothetical future systems. I argue that the problem is better understood as a structural…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Travis LaCroix

We suggest that the analysis of incomplete contracting developed by law and economics researchers can provide a useful framework for understanding the AI alignment problem and help to generate a systematic approach to finding solutions. We…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-04-13 Dylan Hadfield-Menell , Gillian Hadfield

As LLM agents grow more capable of causing harm autonomously, AI developers will rely on increasingly sophisticated control measures to prevent possibly misaligned agents from causing harm. AI developers could demonstrate that their control…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Tomek Korbak , Mikita Balesni , Buck Shlegeris , Geoffrey Irving

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies continue to advance, protecting human autonomy and promoting ethical decision-making are essential to fostering trust and accountability. Human agency (the capacity of individuals to make…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Laxmiraju Kandikatla , Branislav Radeljic