Changelog

V1.3.1
Dec 9, 2024
Patch

  • Corrected typos and small writing issues

  • Replaced open-source by open-weight throughout the document

  • Expanded, by a sentence or two. unfinished arguments about the dangers of open-weight models across The Compendium

V1.3.0
Dec 5, 2024
Minor Update

  • Corrected typos and small writing issues

  • (State of AI) Added explanations of Open-Source AI and what it means for the current situation

  • (AI Catastrophe) Added explanations of how Open-Source AI creates more risks of catastrophe

  • (AI Governance) Added explanations of how Open-Source AI gets in the way of sensible fail-safes and governance

  • (AI Race) Added detailed discussion of the ideology behind accelerationists and Open-Source AI, and their impact on the AI race

  • (AI Race) Edited many small transitions and paragraphs to make the whole flow better

V1.2.0
Nov 28, 2024
Minor Update

  • Corrected typos

  • (Website) Simplified Landing Page

  • (Website) Added separate pdf with Executive Summary

  • (Executive Summary) Rewrote to include more arguments

  • (Introduction) Removed the Executive Summary from intro

V1.1.0
Nov 26, 2024
Minor Update

  • Fixed footnote numbering

  • (AI Catastrophe) Removed useless footnote about speed of light

  • (AI Catastrophe) Fully rewrote subsection about godlike-AI leading to extinction

V1.0.3
Nov 14, 2024
Patch

  • Fixed inconsistent formatting of — throughout

  • (Introduction) Small writing tweaks

  • (State of AI) Updated Nvidia mention, now as highest-market cap company in the world

  • (Website) Added a more visible feedback button linking to a simple form

  • (Website) Replace the version number on home and section pages with the date of last update, because more useful for reader (with link to changelog)

V1.0.2
Nov 11, 2024
Patch

  • Corrected typos

  • (Introduction) Tweaked the writing of the foreword

  • (A good future) Corrected the invitation link to ControlAI discord

  • (Website) Added estimated reading time for each section

V1.0.1
Nov 8, 2024
Patch

  • Corrected typos

  • (State of AI) Added a link and clarification on size of GPT-2 models in our discussion of the costs of training LLMs going down

  • (State of AI) Corrected a mistaken statement that Paul Graham made an estimate, when he actually reported someone else's estimate

  • (State of AI) Corrected a mistaken statement about the first 100 000 GPU mega clusters (there were others before)

V1.0.0
Oct 31, 2024
Compendium Released

We released The Compendium to the public. The Compendium is a living document, and we will continue to update it as the situation changes and as our ideas improve. We welcome your feedback and debate!