Artificial Intelligence is rapidly embedding itself within militaries, economies, and societies, reshaping their very foundations. Given the depth and breadth of its consequences, it has never been more pressing to understand how to ensure that AI systems are safe, ethical, and have a positive societal impact. This book aims to provide a comprehensive approach to understanding AI risk. Our primary goals include consolidating fragmented knowledge on AI risk, increasing the precision of core ideas, and reducing barriers to entry by making content simpler and more comprehensible. The book has been designed to be accessible to readers from diverse backgrounds. You do not need to have studied AI, philosophy, or other such topics. The content is skimmable and somewhat modular, so that you can choose which chapters to read. We introduce mathematical formulas in a few places to specify claims more precisely, but readers should be able to understand the main points without these.

翻译：人工智能正迅速融入军事、经济和社会领域，重塑其根本基础。鉴于其影响的深度与广度，理解如何确保人工智能系统的安全性、伦理性并产生积极社会影响已变得空前紧迫。本书旨在提供理解人工智能风险的综合性方法。我们的主要目标包括：整合关于人工智能风险的碎片化知识，提升核心概念的精确性，并通过使内容更简明易懂来降低入门门槛。本书设计面向多元背景的读者，无需预先学习人工智能、哲学等相关学科。内容具备可浏览性与模块化特征，读者可自主选择阅读章节。我们在部分章节引入数学公式以更精确地阐述观点，但读者无需依赖公式即可理解核心要义。