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AI Safety, Alignment, and Governance
Activity Flow · 85m · 9 stages
Round 1: What Is Alignment?
10m
:
Partners discuss what alignment means and whose values get encoded
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pairs
Round 1: What Is Alignment? (10m) — pairs
Round 1: Share Out
10m
:
Class reconvenes to share observations
Round 1: Share Out (10m) — whole class
Round 2: The Anthropic Dilemma
10m
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New partners discuss Anthropic's position and the safety-commerce tension
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pairs
Round 2: The Anthropic Dilemma (10m) — pairs
Round 2: Share Out
10m
:
Class reconvenes to share observations
Round 2: Share Out (10m) — whole class
Round 3: Government and AI
10m
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New partners discuss government access to AI systems
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pairs
Round 3: Government and AI (10m) — pairs
Round 3: Share Out
10m
:
Class reconvenes to share observations
Round 3: Share Out (10m) — whole class
Round 4: Who Decides?
10m
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New partners discuss governance structures for AI
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pairs
Round 4: Who Decides? (10m) — pairs
Round 4: Share Out
10m
:
Class reconvenes to share observations
Round 4: Share Out (10m) — whole class
Feedback
5m
:
Quick feedback on today's activity
Feedback (5m) — whole class