AI alignment is research on how to align AI systems with human or moral goals.

Evaluation

80,000 Hours rates AI alignment a "highest priority area": a problem at the top of their ranking of global issues assessed by importance, tractability and neglectedness.^[1]

Further reading

Christiano, Paul (2020) Current work in AI alignment, Effective Altruism Forum, April 3.

Shah, Rohin (2020) What’s been happening in AI alignment?, Effective Altruism Forum, July 29.