#153 If Anyone Builds It, EVERYONE Dies - AI Expert on Superintelligence
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Nate Soares is an American artificial intelligence author and researcher known for his work on existential risk from AI. In 2014, Soares co-authored a paper that introduced the term AI alignment, the challenge of making increasingly capable AI’s behave as intended. Nate is the president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, a research nonprofit based in Berkeley, California.
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Is This an Exaggeration?
(04:31) What Is Unique About the Threat of AI?
(11:28) What is Superintelligence?
(21:25) From Chess Computers to Murderous Machines
(27:52) What Really Drives AI Systems?
(44:29) Evidence AI Is Already Turning Against Us
(56:03) How We Are Helping AI Take Over
(01:01:21) Why Would AI Seek Power or Control?
(01:07:42) Some Worst-Case AI Scenarios
(01:18:38) What Do We Do About This Now?
(01:32:53) How Has AI Changed in the Last Six Months?
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