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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...
| | joecarlsmith.com
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| | On a career move, and on AI-safety-focused people working at AI companies.
| | blog.redwoodresearch.org
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| | More thoughts on making deals with schemers
| | qualiacomputing.com
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| [Epistemic Status: written off the top of my head, thought about it for over a decade] What do we desire for a theory of consciousness? We want it to explain why and how the structure of our experience is computationally relevant. Why would nature bother to wire, not only information per se, but our experiences...