STABL

I am excited to announce our new nonprofit STABL, co-founded with the wonderful @sayashk @random_walker! Our organization derives from four beliefs: 1. Advanced AI will broadly transform society and, if managed well, this transformation will be broadly beneficial. 2. The speed of this societal transformation is governed by bottlenecks: in many cases, the bottlenecks relate to people and organizations, not AI capabilities alone. 3. Since AI capabilities are not the sole determinant, the best strategy to manage the risks from advanced AI requires broad societal resilience, not just aligned models or capability delays, to provide defense in depth. 4. And while today’s institutions often struggle to grapple with the salvo of advanced AI, institutions will help stabilize society and will be essential, if adequately reformed, for ensuring shared prosperity. In addition to these beliefs, the reason to create a new organization is based on the need we see in the ecosystem. In today’s ecosystem surrounding advanced AI, many of the leading companies and external actors focus on frontier AI as a technology. We share the view that the technology itself requires dedicated attention, and some of our work at STABL will be in this direction. But the greater need we see is for independent organizations that take AI capabilities seriously and focus on downstream societal outcomes. We are building STABL to help fill this gap. And we hope to see many other organizations and initiatives emerge to define this field. For me, the most exciting part thus far has been seeing all the support we have gotten in our early forays. Thanks especially to @audreyt @erikbryn @hlntnr @MichaelRStrain @RobbWiller for joining us as advisers! We are hiring and fundraising so please reach out if you are interested in this work!