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Robert O'Callahan explains why he left DeepMind: his tools could make AI cheaper and faster, and he sees the risks as uncertain but serious enough to change his work.
Why I recommend it: Free newsletter post. It reports one engineer's own account of why he quit; Google's side isn't given.
Alphabet company applying AI models to drug discovery, spun out of Google DeepMind.
From the site: Isomorphic Labs is building a future where frontier AI can help to unlock deeper scientific insights, faster breakthroughs, and life-changing medicines.
Why I recommend it: A concrete example of AI applied to something other than chat. Worth a look if you are science-trained and wondering where AI hiring is happening outside big tech.
Site of the DeepMind co-founder now running Microsoft AI, with his writing on AI and containment.
From the site: Personal site of Mustafa Suleyman, AI pioneer and author.
Why I recommend it: He runs a major AI business and writes about restraining AI. Both things are true at once, which is worth holding in mind while reading.
Berkeley faculty page for Anca Dragan, robotics and human-AI interaction researcher who also leads AI safety and alignment work at Google DeepMind.
From the site: Associate Professor, Division of Computer Science (EECS) — Anca Dragan is an Associate Professor in the EECS Department at UC Berkeley. Her goal is to enable robots to work with, around, and in support of people. She runs the InterACT Lab, where they focus on algorithms for human-robot interaction -- algorithms that m…
Why I recommend it: One of the few people working on alignment from the robotics side, where the system has to act in the real world. Her publication list is the useful part.
