Ex-OpenAI Leopold Aschenbrenner: Situational Awareness

Summary of https://situational-awareness.ai/from-gpt-4-to-agi/

The provided text, excerpted from "situationalawareness.pdf", is an analysis written by Leopold Aschenbrenner. It argues that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is strikingly plausible by 2027, based on the rapid progress in deep learning and scaling of compute and algorithmic efficiencies.

Aschenbrenner forecasts that a "superintelligence explosion" is likely to follow shortly after AGI, resulting in AI systems vastly surpassing human intelligence. He highlights the urgent need for security measures to protect AGI secrets from adversaries, particularly China, and emphasizes the crucial need for "superalignment" to control these powerful systems and ensure they remain aligned with human values.

The text concludes by advocating for a government-led "Project" similar to the Manhattan Project, which would be necessary for managing the national security implications of superintelligence, ensuring the free world prevails in the global AI race, and tackling the existential risks posed by uncontrolled superintelligence.