AI Existential Risk

“I'd say about the same overall. I mean, there's like some disconcerting signs, but also some positive signs advances in, like, some insights are being gained into how these systems work, and how one can steer them, and so forth. So how to tote that all up, I'd…”

“Well, I think whatever we do there will be both existential risks and individual risks. So it's not as if we have a choice between avoiding risks and confronting risks. So it's looking at these different alternatives and weighing up the risks and benefits. And…”

“There's no linear path from here to there. And so when people ask me about like the doom scenario, like I am much more concerned about abuses we actually do understand. So for example, like what if people don't understand what information is true or not, or li…”

“EA people should be, like, super into vaccinations or, like, preparing for the covid-twenty-four or whatever, but they've determined that it is the ultimate risk to humanity because it's exciting and interesting, and it, like, makes for a good post. And that i…”

“I fully agree with Jan and not just because he was my boss at Meta, but I think if you really understand how machine learning works and you're not looking for free publicity, I don't see why you would say something like that, that, that getting more intelligen…”

“It's not like if you get it wrong, it's going to destroy humanity.”

“I'm not really scared about AI is killing us, although I'm very grateful that there are people that are thinking about it. I'm more worried about bad people using new technology to hurt us.”