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Video and transcript of a presentation I gave on existential risk from power-seeking AI, summarizing my report on the topic.
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With the year ending and my first Vox post coming out, this week was a natural time to take stock. I wrote my first best-of post in a long time and laid out my plans for my 501c(3). It was also another eventful week. We got a lot more clarity on the OpenAI situation, although...
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This is a new introduction to AI as an extinction threat, previously posted to the MIRI website in February alongside a summary. It was written independently of Eliezer and Nate's forthcoming book, If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies, and isn't a sneak peak of the book. Since the book is long and costs money, we expect this to be a valuable resource in its own right even after the book comes out next month.[1] The stated goal of the world's leading AI companies is to build AI that is general enough to do anything a human can do, from solving hard problems in theoretical physics to deftly navigating social environments. Recent machine learning progress seems to have brought this goal within reach. At this point, we would be uncomfortable ruling out the possibi...
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[AI summary] Google's research team publishes recent papers on foundational machine learning algorithms, quantum AI, reinforcement learning, and optimization theory.
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