Is AI an Existential Threat? A Debate. (Robert Wright, Roko Mijic, and Alexander Campbell)

0:00 How Roko and Alex wound up debating on the Nonzero Podcast
5:05 Could near-term AI disruption be worse than Covid?
13:18 Is AI an existential threat?
25:31 How the sci-fi apocalypse scenario might unfold
36:42 How is a renegade AI like a man wearing a condom?
47:06 Why would an AI want to kill us?
55:47 How the Cold War makes AI more dangerous
1:09:49 Roko and Alex make final statements before Overtime

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True), Roko Mijic (Heretical Update), and Alexander Campbell (Rose AI). Recorded April 11, 2023.

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