Seeker: Power & Responsibility
Who steers, who is accountable, and how we set guardrails. Governance toolkits, alignment boundaries, and risk framing for real-world decisions.
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
Why it matters: Frames long-horizon risk and control arguments - agree or not, it sets a baseline vocabulary for power, capability, and governance.
Skill level: Advanced
Resource type: Reading (Book)
Published/updated: 2014 (Classic Reference)
Position Paper: Bounded Alignment: What (Not) To Expect From AGI Agents
Why it matters: Makes the case for principled limits on alignment in open-ended agents - expectation setting for a safer research agenda.
Skill level: Advanced
Resource type: Reading (Position Paper)
Published/updated: 2025
AI Safety Index (Summer 2025 Report)
Why it matters: Compares major labs on disclosure, red teaming, policy maturity, and incident response - useful for seeing words versus practice.
Skill level: Intermediate - Advanced
Resource type: Report - Index
Published/updated: Summer 2025
Decoding AI Governance: A Toolkit for Navigating Evolving Norms, Standards, and Rules
Why it matters: A practical field guide to the alphabet soup of standards and rules - oriented toward doers, not just lawyers.
Skill level: Intermediate
Resource type: Toolkit - Guide
Published/updated: 2025
The CAIDP AI Policy Sourcebook (2025)
Why it matters: A centralized reference of global AI laws, orders, and drafts - keep it bookmarked for any governance conversation.
Skill level: Intermediate
Resource type: Sourcebook - Reference
Published/updated: 2025
Awesome AI Regulation & Safety GitHub Repositories
Why it matters: A living index of orgs, papers, and repos across safety and policy - start here when you need a map.
Skill level: Beginner - Intermediate
Resource type: GitHub - Curated List
Published/updated: Updated regularly
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