AlphaGo

AlphaGo and its successor AlphaGo Zero are used to make various points in AI safety.

• Rapid capability gain
• single group pulling ahead
• a single architecture / basic AI technique working for many different games
• (for AlphaGo Zero) comparison to Paul Christiano's iterated amplification

Eliezer's commentary

• Alpha Zero: https://www.facebook.com/yudkowsky/posts/10155992246384228
• https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/shnSyzv4Jq3bhMNw5/alphago-zero-and-the-foom-debate
  • Hanson reply: https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/D3NspiH2nhKA6B2PE/what-evidence-is-alphago-zero-re-agi-complexity