@simon @annaleen @voron

(6/n)

...it'll have human #bias. Humans have always been great at bending or breaking the law when it suited their interests. How could a #Superintelligence created with human values *not* arrive at the same, self-preserving conclusion?

A gloomy, yet, IMO, quite fitting assessment of the shape of things to come unless there's a #Chernobyl-style "fallout" before #GAI evolves into #AGI + humanity gets its act together and, as Prof. #Tegmark admonishes: "Just look up!"

(9/n)

...#MIT Professor "#Tegmark writes. "This requires agreeing that the cliff actually exists and falling off of it benefits nobody."

"Just look up!" he added."

Source:
https://futurism.com/mit-professor-agi-dont-look-up

#JustLookUp
#AGI
#ArtificialGeneralIntelligence
#ELE
#ExtinctionLevelEvent

(6/n)

...responses have been a combination of denial, mockery, and resignation so darkly comical that it's deserving of an Oscar."

In short, according to #Tegmark, #AGI is a *very real threat*, and human society isn't doing nearly enough to stop it — or, at the very least, isn't ensuring that #AGI will be properly *aligned with human values and safety*."

[I.e. #Asimov's #LawsOfRobotics at an absolute minimum]

I agree 100% with this analysis, as posted in earlier threads:

"#Tegmark..."

(4/n)

...on human society. In a new essay for #Time, he rings the alarm bells, painting a pretty dire picture of a future determined by an #AI that can outsmart us.

"Sadly, I now feel that we're living the movie 'Don't Look Up' for another existential threat: unaligned #superintelligence," #Tegmark wrote, comparing what he perceives to be a lackadaisical response to a growing #AGI threat to director Adam #McKay's popular climate change satire...
A recent survey*..."

*https://aiimpacts.org/2022-expert-survey-on-progress-in-ai/

(3/n)

...more importantly, #AI can finally learn to differentiate between fiction and reality.

This said, I am "finally" being joined by renowned #academic from #ComputerSciences in my skepticism, which coincides with my stance (though I do not agree with his choice of fiction, see boost of older thread in the follow-up):

"#MIT professor and AI researcher #Max #Tegmark is pretty stressed out about the potential impact of #ArtificialGeneralIntelligence (#AGI)..."

https://time.com/6273743/thinking-that-could-doom-us-with-ai/

@mc

It's good to see #Tegmark's ideas getting a fair hearing. I'm pretty sure he's wrong but sometimes it's a good thing to go a bit deeper into things like this, especially as it touches on so many related areas.