But I just published “Automated alignment is harder than you think” (arxiv.org/abs/2605.06390)! Automated alignment is not the best plan! A better plan is to not build ASI yet, and the world should try hard to realise that plan. Alas, the speed of progress calls for backups.
Who's Who of AI
Geoffrey Irving
Chief Scientist at the UK AI Security Institute (AISI). Previously DeepMind, OpenAI, Google Brain, etc.
What they're sharing
Automated alignment is harder than you think arxiv.org
Announcing our $160M grant from Coefficient Giving — Resolution resolution.org
Reflections on AISI | naml.us naml.us
Sequent: Scale and Automation for Higher Confidence in Alignment — Sequent sequent.org
Donate — Resolution resolution.org
Resolution: Scale and Automation for Higher Confidence in Alignment — Resolution resolution.org
Articles & links
We're excited to announce that Resolution has a $160M grant from Coefficient Giving: $108M unconditional, with a further $52M conditional on hiring and compute needs. We'll use it to grow teams across our research portfolio and invest heavily in research automation. 🧵 resoluti…
A bittersweet announcement! For family reasons, I will be leaving AISI soon to move back to the Bay Area. I will be starting a new nonprofit alignment research org (more to come). I will miss this place! Here are some reflections about my time at AISI. 🧵❤️| naml.us/post/reflec…
We are starting a new, nonprofit alignment organization, ⊢ Sequent Research, bringing together researchers previously on UK AISI’s Alignment Team, Timaeus, and elsewhere to research how to align superintelligence. We are hiring! 🧵 sequent.org/launch
We also expect we’ll need to grow even further (in compute and/or humans). Aligning ASI is the project of our time. This will require the best our civilization can muster. If you want to find out how you can help, please reach out! resolution.org/donate
We founded Resolution (formerly Sequent) because we think humanity is not on track to align superintelligence (ASI) in time. To clear a higher bar, we're betting that theory, combined with automation, buys AI safety a better chance to "catch up." resolution.org/launch
Their own posts
Recent commentary
Here is a metaphor for AGI definitions. Imagine you’re on a long drive from Los Angeles to the Bay Area (for me: undergrad to grad school). 🧵
Their network
In Geoffrey Irving's orbit
Center = Geoffrey Irving. Left = members they follow (green edges). Right = members who follow them (blue edges). Top = mutual follows (orange edges, slightly larger). Drag any node to reposition; click to open that profile.