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AI Capabilities

This section documents the evolving capabilities of AI systems and their implications for safety. Understanding what AI can do—and what it might soon be able to do—is essential for anticipating risks and designing appropriate safeguards.

Capability levels determine:

  • Which risks become active - Many risks only emerge at certain capability thresholds
  • How much time remains - Faster capability growth compresses safety timelines
  • What interventions are viable - Some approaches only work before certain capabilities emerge
  • Current state - What models can do today
  • Trajectory - How capability is improving
  • Safety implications - What risks this enables
  • Measurement approaches - How to evaluate this capability