Miscellaneous

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Article "The risks of AI are real but manageable"
The world has learned a lot about handling problems caused by breakthrough innovations.

by Bill Gates
July 11, 2023

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Article "An AI Pause Is Humanity's Best Bet For Preventing Extinction"

by Otto Barten and Joep Meindertsma
July 20, 2023

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Article "The Illusion Of AI’s Existential Risk"
Focusing on the prospect of human extinction by AI in the distant future may prevent us from addressing AI’s disruptive dangers to society today.

by Blake Richards, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Guillaume Lajoie and Dhanya Sridhar
July 18, 2023

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Artificial Escalation

Jul 17, 2023

This work of fiction seeks to depict key drivers that could result in a global Al catastrophe:
- Accidental conflict escalation at machine speeds;
- Al integrated too deeply into high-stakes functions;
- Humans giving away too much control to Al;
- Humans unable to tell what is real and what is fake, and;
- An arms race that ultimately has only losers.

The good news is, all of these risks can be avoided. This story does not have to be our fate.

Please share this video and learn more at futureoflife.org/project/artificial-escalation

This video has been informed by a 2020 paper from the Stockhold International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI):
Boulanin, Vincent et al. ‘Artificial Intelligence, Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk’. sipri.org/publications/2020/other-publications/artificial-intelligence-strategic-stability-and-nuclear-risk

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Jason Crawford on progress and risks from AI

Jul 21, 2023

Jason Crawford joins the podcast to discuss the history of progress, the future of economic growth, and the relationship between progress and risks from AI. You can read more about Jason's work at https://rootsofprogress.org

Timestamps:
00:00 Eras of human progress
06:47 Flywheels of progress
17:56 Main causes of progress
21:01 Progress and risk
32:49 Safety as part of progress
45:20 Slowing down specific technologies?
52:29 Four lenses on AI risk
58:48 Analogies causing disagreement
1:00:54 Solutionism about AI
1:10:43 Insurance, subsidies, and bug bounties for AI risk
1:13:24 How is AI different from other technologies?
1:15:54 Future scenarios of economic growth

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Article "What if AI treats humans the way we treat animals?"
The dehumanizing philosophy of AI is built on a hatred of our animal nature.

by Marina Bolotnikova
September 7, 2023