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Yasir Jabu: AI risk is limited because server farms can be unplugged

Yasir Jabu · He Built Software That Saved Lives and Cared More About That Than the Money · Mar 26, 2024 · at 29:34

Yasir Jabu, founder and CEO of Tazaa Inc., pushes back against existential AI extinction narratives.

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“I don't think we'll get to like a self-aware AI that's going to make its own decisions. As long as we can pull the plug on a set of server farms, I think the risk of them overtaking human beings on a dystopian scale is limited.”

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