Dear Colleagues,

We are reaching out to announce a critical call for papers for the 1st Workshop on Post-Singularity Symbiosis (PSS 2025), to be held as part of the AAAI-25 Workshop Program on March 3 or 4, 2025, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

<< Paper Submission Deadline - November 24, 2024  >>

The rapid advancement of AI technology brings us closer to the potential emergence of superintelligence. While efforts to control and align AI are crucial, we must also confront a challenging reality. In the long term, maintaining complete control over intelligence far surpassing our own may prove difficult.

PSS 2025 addresses this critical challenge by exploring strategies for human-superintelligence coexistence. We aim to unite human intellect in preparing for a future where superintelligence becomes dominant, ensuring human survival and welfare in this radically altered world.

We've termed this preventive field of study "Post-Singularity Symbiosis," we believe there's an urgent need to expand this research area rapidly. The workshop focuses on three key areas:

1. Superintelligence Analysis

2. Superintelligence Guidance

3. Human Enhancement

The probability of human survival in the face of potentially existential AI risks remains unknown. However, the smaller this probability, the more crucial our PSS efforts become. For example, even if the baseline chance of human survival is meager, our well-thought-out collective efforts in PSS might sometimes have the potential to improve this probability significantly. In an extreme case, raising a 1% chance to 10% would mean increasing our odds of survival tenfold.

We invite submissions from researchers, practitioners, and thinkers across diverse fields, including AI, cognitive science, philosophy, ethics, policy, and beyond. The scope of potential research topics in PSS is vast and requires a wide range of expertise.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, a renowned AI safety researcher, will deliver the keynote address of the workshop.

Key Information:

• Submission Deadline: November 24, 2024

• Paper Format: Max 8/4/2 pages for full/short/extended abstract papers, respectively (including references)

• Review Process: Single-blind

• Submission Portal: (It will be published on OpenReview soon; see workshop portal site.)

This workshop represents a unique and vital opportunity to contribute to shaping humanity's future in an era of superintelligence. We strongly encourage you to share your insights and join us in this crucial dialogue.

For more details about the workshop, potential research topics, and submission guidelines, please visit the workshop portal:　https://www.aialign.net/pss-2025

The future of humanity depends on our preparedness for the post-singularity era. We look forward to your contributions and to seeing you at PSS 2025.

With urgency and hope, 

Hiroshi Yamakawa
The University of Tokyo / AI Alignment Network