16 May 2024
In Defense of AI Doomerism
Robert Wright and AI safety activist Liron Shapira discuss the case for treating AI as an existential threat. Plus: The OpenAI resignations, the “Pause AI” movement, assessing Altman’s AI safety sincerity, and more.
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In this video:
- Why this pod’s a little odd
- Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike quit OpenAI—part of a larger pattern?
- Bob: AI doomers need Hollywood
- Does an AI arms race spell doom for alignment?
- Why the “Pause AI” movement matters
- AI doomerism and Don’t Look Up: compare and contrast
- How Liron (fore)sees AI doom
- Are Sam Altman’s concerns about AI safety sincere?
- Paperclip maximizing, evolution, and the AI will to power question
- Are there real-world examples of AI going rogue?
- Should we really align AI to human values?
- Heading to Overtime
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