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April 25, 2023 46 mins

In the episode "A.I. News: Open Letter To Pause, Existential Risks to Humanity, Its Supporters & Deniers (S5, E8)," I discuss the recent Open Letter to Pause Giant AI Experiments recently composed by the Future of Life Institute, and present the arguments for taking the risk analysis more seriously. With signers of the letter including Elon Musk, Emad Mostaque, Steve Wozniak, Max Tegmark, Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, I share some of their positions including some recent articles, podcasts and videos discussing the dilemma.

#deeplearning #AIrevolution #humanextinction #generativeAI #blackbox #dontlookup #LivBoeree #Danielschmachtenberger #tristanharris #azaraskin #maxtegmark #eliezeryudkowsky #centerforhumanetechnology #lexfridman #Moloch #machinelearning #AGI

References:
Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/

The A.I. Dilemma - March 9, 2023 by Center for Humane Technology
https://youtu.be/xoVJKj8lcNQ

Meditations On Moloch By Scott Alexander
https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/

Misalignment, AI & Moloch | Daniel Schmachtenberger and Liv Boeree https://youtu.be/KCSsKV5F4xc

Pausing AI Developments Isn't Enough. We Need to Shut it All Down
https://time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-open-letter-not-enough/

Live: Eliezer Yudkowsky - Is Artificial General Intelligence too Dangerous to Build?
https://www.youtube.com/live/3_YX6AgxxYw?feature=share

The 'Don't Look Up' Thinking That Could Doom Us With AI
https://time.com/6273743/thinking-that-could-doom-us-with-ai/

Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development | Lex Fridman Podcast #371
https://youtu.be/VcVfceTsD0A

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