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Is AI Evolving into an Existential Threat? (Robert Wright & Dan Hendrycks)
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Is AI Evolving into an Existential Threat? (Robert Wright & Dan Hendrycks)

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0:00 Preamble: The OpenAI drama and this conversation
3:17 Where Dan falls on the AI doomer spectrum
6:13 Is safe AI possible without international cooperation?
12:09 Are we selecting AI for truth or engagement?
25:24 Using “psychology” to understand—and control—AI
30:39 The worrisome Darwinian dynamics of AI development
40:08 Life after an AI takeover
51:23 How structural incentives make AI safety harder

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Dan Hendrycks (The Center for AI Safety). Recorded October 10, 2023.

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