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Lab Safety Practices

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  • Quant.Safety timelines were compressed 70-80% post-ChatGPT due to competitive pressure - labs that had planned multi-year safety research programs accelerated deployment dramatically.S:3.5I:4.5A:3.5
  • Quant.OpenAI allocates 20% of compute to Superalignment; competitive labs allocate far less - safety investment is diverging, not converging, under competitive pressure.S:3.2I:4.3A:3.8
  • ClaimVoluntary safety commitments (RSPs) lack enforcement mechanisms and may erode under competitive pressure.S:1.5I:3.8A:3.5
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Internal safety practices at AI labs including RSPs, safety teams, red-teaming, and deployment decisions. Critical determinant of how risks translate to outcomes.


MetricScoreInterpretation
Changeability65/100Moderately changeable
X-risk Impact50/100Moderate x-risk impact
Trajectory Impact45/100Moderate long-term effects
Uncertainty40/100Moderate uncertainty

What Determines Lab Safety Practices?

Causal factors affecting internal safety at AI labs. Only 3/7 frontier labs test dangerous capabilities.

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Scenarios Influenced

ScenarioEffectStrength
AI Takeover↑ Increasesstrong
Human-Caused Catastrophe↑ Increasesweak
Long-term Lock-in↑ Increasesmedium