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AI and Existential Risk - Overview and Discussion

2023/8/30
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A special non-news episode in which Andrey and Jeremie discussion AI X-Risk!

Please let us know if you'd like use to record more of this sort of thing by emailing [email protected]) or commenting whether you listen.

Outline:

(00:00) Intro (03:55) Topic overview (10:22) Definitions of terms (35:25) AI X-Risk scenarios (41:00) Pathways to Extinction (52:48) Relevant assumptions (58:45) Our positions on AI X-Risk (01:08:10) General Debate (01:31:25) Positive/Negative transfer (01:37:40) X-Risk within 5 years  (01:46:50) Can we control an AGI (01:55:22) AI Safety Aesthetics (02:00:53) Recap (02:02:20) Outer vs inner alignment (02:06:45) AI safety and policy today (02:15:35) Outro

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Taxonomy of Pathways to Dangerous AI)

Clarifying AI X-risk)

Existential Risks and Global Governance Issues Around AI and Robotics)

Current and Near-Term AI as a Potential Existential Risk Factor)

AI x-risk, approximately ordered by embarrassment)

Classification of Global Catastrophic Risks Connected with Artificial Intelligence)

X-Risk Analysis for AI Research)

The Alignment Problem from a Deep Learning Perspective)