People

Andy Hall

Political economy of superintelligence, The Anthropic Institute

Neutral, week of Oct 12

Capability 4Outlook 3

1 statement over 1 week, last scored in Week 42, last spoke Oct 15.

Where they stand

Against all 33 people scored in Week 44. Bars count people at each score; black is Hall, the dashed line is the average. Their marker is their Week 42 score.

What they've said

• Thursday, Oct 15Week 42

  Writing with Dan Thompson on using AI to audit AI, Hall argued It seems inescapable that we will have to have models that oversee other models, while warning that unsafe actions taken by agents are more costly and so even 95% might be unacceptable.

  The Free Systems essay examines the limits of AI auditors, including METR's own caution that its analysis agents may have erred and may not be robust to deception, and the trade-off that catching more real problems means more false alarms. It treats AI oversight of AI as unavoidable but not yet reliable enough for high-stakes agent actions.

  Details and sources

  Hall studies the political economy of superintelligence at The Anthropic Institute and is on leave from Stanford. Dan Thompson's affiliation is not stated.

  Free Systems