A Narrow Line Edit: ControlAI Policy Sprint
Aidan Kierans, Alexandra Bradley · Team Aidan and Alex :)
Submitted to Red Teaming A Narrow Path: ControlAI Policy Sprint. Sprint projects are early-stage work by participants, not Apart Research publications.
Rather than explore specific policy questions in depth, we analyzed the presentation of the “Narrow Path” Phase 0 proposal as a whole. We considered factors like grammar, style, logical consistency, evidential support, comprehensiveness, and technical context. Our analysis revealed patterns of insufficient support and unpolished style throughout the proposal. Overall, the proposal failed to demonstrate the rigor and specificity that is typically found in effective policy proposals. With effort to address these oversights (aided by our thorough annotations), the proposal could be significantly improved. These changes will also allow for deeper, narrower policy analysis to be integrated more effectively than is currently possible. For this reason, we expect our findings to multiply the efficacy of this policy sprint.
Reviews
We appreciate the constructive criticism on the document's presentation, and certainly this would affect our policy's effectiveness. However, unfortunately this is out of scope for our main focus of this hackathon.
Cite this project
@misc{kierans2025narrow,
title = {{A Narrow Line Edit: ControlAI Policy Sprint}},
author = {Aidan Kierans and Alexandra Bradley},
year = {2025},
month = jun,
note = {Submitted to Red Teaming A Narrow Path: ControlAI Policy Sprint, an Apart Research Sprint},
howpublished = {\url{https://apartresearch.com/sprints/projects/a-narrow-line-edit-controlai-policy-sprint-ow76}},
url = {https://apartresearch.com/sprints/projects/a-narrow-line-edit-controlai-policy-sprint-ow76}
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