How much should we spend on AI safety?
This model applies Charles Jones's optimal mitigation formula1 to AI catastrophe. Set the assumptions and see how much we, as a species, should optimally spend on AI extinction risk mitigation.
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Assumptions
What the model says
Remaining risk = Untouchable risk + Removable risk × (1 − effectiveness)years of GDP spent
Why stop here
When would the model spend nothing?
Holding everything else where you set it, the model spends nothing once any one of these crosses its line.