Will superintelligent AI end the world? | Eliezer Yudkowsky

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🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Decision theorist Eliezer Yudkowsky has a simple message: superintelligent AI could probably kill us all. So the question becomes: Is it possible to build powerful artificial minds that are obedient, even benevolent? In a fiery talk, Yudkowsky explores why we need to act immediately to ensure smarter-than-human AI systems don't lead to our extinction.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
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0:13.2	Decision theorist Elias Ayukowsky is raising the alarm on the fast advancing AI tools available.
0:19.8	In his talk from the Ted 2023 stage, he proposes ways to shape AI, so it doesn't wind up killing
0:25.4	everyone.
0:26.4	Really?
0:27.4	And he talks with head of Ted Chris Anderson after.
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