"How Artificial Superintelligence Might Wipe Out Our Entire Species with Nate Soares" | TGS 203
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tjOzQne1LYThe presentation for this episode follows. And I love the metaphor of we being forcefully onboarded on a plane with no landing gear, and being promised that the engineers will find out a way to build one while on flight. Also, we're being told that there's a 10%-20% chance that they'll fail the attempt. But hey, we get the opportunity to fly!
> Technological development has always been a double-edged sword for humanity: the printing press increased the spread of misinformation, cars disrupted the fabric of our cities, and social media has made us increasingly polarized and lonely. But it has not been since the invention of the nuclear bomb that technology has presented such a severe existential risk to humanity – until now, with the possibility of Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) on the horizon. Were ASI to come to fruition, it would be so powerful that it would outcompete human beings in everything – from scientific discovery to strategic warfare. What might happen to our species if we reach this point of singularity, and how can we steer away from the worst outcomes?
> In this episode, I’m joined by Nate Soares, an AI safety researcher and co-author of the book If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All. Together, we discuss many aspects of AI and ASI, including the dangerous unpredictability of continued ASI development, the “alignment problem,” and the newest safety studies uncovering increasingly deceptive AI behavior. Soares also explores the need for global cooperation and oversight in AI development and the importance of public awareness and political action in addressing these existential risks.
> How does ASI present an entirely different level of risk than the conventional artificial intelligence models that the public has already become accustomed to? Why do the leaders of the AI industry persist in their pursuits, despite acknowledging the extinction-level risks presented by continued ASI development? And will we be able to join together to create global guardrails against this shared threat, taking one small step toward a better future for humanity?
#AI #ASI #ArtificialSuperIntelligence #AISafety #AIDangers #TGS #NateSoares #NateHagens
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