Israetel: AI alignment will naturally resolve itself at superhuman intelligence levels
Dr. Mike Israetel · Exercise Scientist: How AI & “Miracle Drugs” Can Make You Superhuman · Joe Lonsdale · Mar 14, 2025 · at 19:29
Dr. Mike Israetel discusses artificial intelligence ethics and alignment theory with host Joe Lonsdale.
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“As a system is incremented up in intelligence and gets to human levels, high human levels, and then superhuman levels, alignment almost completely resolves itself.”
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