Shafi Goldwasser founds RESI to build scientific foundations for safe superintelligence
jefrankle · x · 2026-08-25
Shafi Goldwasser, Adam Kalai, and Vinod Vaikuntanathan have founded the Institute for Responsible Superintelligence (RESI), a nonprofit aimed at building the scientific foundations for safe superintelligence.
Unlike relying on post-hoc testing and red-teaming, RESI aims to shift towards a "safe-by-design" approach. Drawing parallels to modern cryptography, the institute seeks to define safety properties in advance and achieve them through mechanisms whose guarantees can be analyzed before deployment.
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