Alignment Research Center
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organization · Nonprofit / NGO · listed
- Name
- Alignment Research Center
- Profile slug
- alignment-research-center
- Version
- 3
- Focus areas
- Alignment & control
- Evaluation & independent auditing
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
- Website
- https://www.alignment.org/
- Leadership: public roles
- Not recorded
What they do
SIRDA editorial
At a glance
Nonprofit technical research organization currently focused on mechanistic explanations and estimation methods for neural-network behavior, with earlier influential work on scalable oversight and alignment.
Its current place in the ecosystem spans alignment and control, and evaluation and independent auditing. SIRDA tags its operational role as AI evaluation.
Current context: Current technical work verified in 2026, including the ARC White-Box Estimation Challenge and mechanistic-estimation research.
Current work and relevance
ARC's current technical agenda centers on theoretical foundations for mechanistic explanations of neural-network behavior, including mechanistic estimation and its 2026 White-Box Estimation Challenge.
SIRDA tracks Alignment Research Center as part of the measurement and verification layer. Its work is most relevant where technical findings must become trusted evidence for decisions. The constitutional problem begins after measurement: who interprets the result, how uncertainty is represented, and what procedure authorizes a consequential response.
Relationship web
- Paul Christiano: Paul Christiano is an ARC leader/co-founder
- Institute for Responsible Superintelligence: RESI lists ARC as an affiliated group
Sources
- Official or primary page: Alignment Research Center
- Official or primary page: Institute for Responsible Superintelligence
Editorial note
This is SIRDA editorial content. Inclusion is an educational listing. It does not mean the subject has joined SIRDA, endorsed the founding inquiry, or approved this description. Factual corrections can be incorporated with a visible revision record, and substantive disagreements can be published as attributed responses.
Stated expertise
Expertise the organization has stated in its own published material, not a SIRDA ranking.
No stated expertise recorded.
Key work
No key work recorded.
Sources
Version history
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Version 3: Published SIRDA editorial snapshot: 2026-09-23 00:00:00+00
organization · Nonprofit / NGO · listed
- Name
- Alignment Research Center
- Profile slug
- alignment-research-center
- Version
- 3
- Focus areas
- Alignment & control
- Evaluation & independent auditing
- Founded
- Not recorded
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
- Website
- https://www.alignment.org/
- Leadership: public roles
- Not recorded
What they do
SIRDA editorial
At a glance
Nonprofit technical research organization currently focused on mechanistic explanations and estimation methods for neural-network behavior, with earlier influential work on scalable oversight and alignment.
Its current place in the ecosystem spans alignment and control, and evaluation and independent auditing. SIRDA tags its operational role as AI evaluation.
Current context: Current technical work verified in 2026, including the ARC White-Box Estimation Challenge and mechanistic-estimation research.
Current work and relevance
ARC's current technical agenda centers on theoretical foundations for mechanistic explanations of neural-network behavior, including mechanistic estimation and its 2026 White-Box Estimation Challenge.
SIRDA tracks Alignment Research Center as part of the measurement and verification layer. Its work is most relevant where technical findings must become trusted evidence for decisions. The constitutional problem begins after measurement: who interprets the result, how uncertainty is represented, and what procedure authorizes a consequential response.
Relationship web
- Paul Christiano: Paul Christiano is an ARC leader/co-founder
- Institute for Responsible Superintelligence: RESI lists ARC as an affiliated group
Sources
- Official or primary page: Alignment Research Center
- Official or primary page: Institute for Responsible Superintelligence
Editorial note
This is SIRDA editorial content. Inclusion is an educational listing. It does not mean the subject has joined SIRDA, endorsed the founding inquiry, or approved this description. Factual corrections can be incorporated with a visible revision record, and substantive disagreements can be published as attributed responses.
Stated expertise
Expertise the organization has stated in its own published material, not a SIRDA ranking.
No stated expertise recorded.
Key work
No key work recorded.
Sources
Official Profile
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