Loris Research

Think tank and venture research on superintelligence

Loris Research

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Fig. 1. The research as a system: Loris Research at the centre, its areas around it, and every paper and thesis joined to the areas it touches.08 What would count as evidence of deception?07 Compute as collateral06 Oversight across a speed difference05 Measuring capabilities we cannot match04 Who will secure the weights?03 Forecasting discontinuities02 Slow institutions are a market01 Keep-alive: the market for human checkpoints
Scroll sideways. Drawn at build time from the areas of every paper and thesis. It redraws itself as the research grows.