This white paper reviews the use of compute governance to mitigate risks from AI, the reasoning behind this approach, the ways in which it has been used and in which it could be further developed. It aims to provide an introduction for individuals who feel that there is a need for AI safety and would like to further understand this governance approach. It was prepared as a final project for the BlueDot Impact AI Alignment Course.
Compute governance is a method for monitoring and regulating AI systems by tracking the hardware required to develop frontier models. At its most simple it can be implemented by recording the owners and locations of physical... (read 3800 more words →)