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Philosophies & Movements

AI Safety

Research and practice aimed at preventing harmful, unintended, or catastrophic outcomes from AI systems, spanning both near-term robustness issues and long-term or existential risk.

Origin · no single documented coiner

Grew organically from the LessWrong / MIRI / Future of Humanity Institute ecosystem through the 2000s–2010s rather than from one coining event.

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