Hello, I'm Jacques. I work on AI alignment, making sure advanced AI systems remain beneficial as they scale.
This site collects my writing, projects, and notes on alignment research, automated safety, and the path to flourishing. Find me on Twitter or read more about me.
Writing
09
Jan
'26
Difficulties in Building an AI Safety Startup
4 min read
09
Jan
'26
Gaining clarity on Automated Alignment Research
4 min read
09
Jan
'26
Better model diffing is needed
2 min read
08
Aug
'25
Automating AI Safety: What we can do today
11 min read
02
Oct
'24
AI Alignment Project Ideas
6 min read
24
Sep
'24
How much I'm paying for AI productivity software (and the future of AI use)
9 min read
14
Aug
'24
The importance of Entropy
2 min read
27
Jul
'24
Accelerating AI Alignment Research (Talk)
1 min read
09
Jul
'24
Using data attribution for AI alignment
5 min read
10
May
'24
Quantum Computing, Photonics, and Energy Bottlenecks for AGI
10 min read
03
May
'24
AI Insights #1: How Misalignment Could Lead to Takeover & Necessary Safety Properties
5 min read
23
Jan
'24
My current research and request for collaborators
3 min read
29
Dec
'22
But is it really in Rome? Limitations of the ROME model editing technique
3 min read
29
Dec
'22
An incomplete list of projects I'd like to work on in 2023
1 min read
19
Dec
'22
(Linkpost) Results for a survey of tool use and workflows in alignment research
1 min read
16
Dec
'22
How learning efficiently applies to alignment research
2 min read
07
Dec
'22
Differential Training Process: Delaying capabilities until inner aligned
3 min read
07
Dec
'22
Near-Term AI capabilities probably bring low-hanging fruits for global poverty/health
1 min read
05
Dec
'22
Is the "Valley of Confused Abstractions" real?
3 min read
05
Dec
'22
Foresight for AGI Safety Strategy
10 min read
28
Nov
'22
Notes on Cicero
3 min read
26
Nov
'22
Detail about factual knowledge in Transformers
2 min read
13
Aug
'22
Current Thoughts on my Learning System
4 min read
27
Jul
'22
What does "Effective" in EA mean to you?
3 min read
23
Jul
'22
Helping organizations survive disasters (and potentially avoid them altogether)
8 min read
22
Jul
'22
I'll be in Berkeley for SERI MATS for the next 2 months
1 min read
22
Jul
'22
AI Alignment YouTube Playlists
1 min read
21
Jul
'22
A descriptive, not prescriptive, overview of current AI Alignment Research
2 min read
23
Mar
'22
A survey of tool use and workflows in alignment research