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Dismissing discussion of AGI as “science fiction” should be seen as a sign of total unseriousness. Time travel is science fiction. Martians are science fiction. “Even many 𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 experts think we may well build it in the next decade or two” is not science fiction.

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The easiest way for an Al to seize power is not by breaking out of Dr. Frankenstein’s lab but by ingratiating itself with some paranoid Tiberius.

"If even just a few of the world's dictators choose to put their trust in Al, this could have far-reaching consequences for the whole of humanity. Science fiction is full of scenarios of an Al getting out of control and enslaving or eliminatin…

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If you believe advanced AI will be able to cure cancer, you also have to believe it will be able to synthesize pandemics. To believe otherwise is just wishful thinking.

When someone says a global AGI ban would be impossible to enforce, they sometimes seem to be imagining that states: Won't believe theoretical arguments about extreme, unprecedented risks But will believe theoretical arguments about extreme, unprec…

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AI is like climate change. Look at the trends, not at the single datapoint.

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Some argue that humans could never become economically irrelevant cause even if they cannot compete with AI in the workplace, they’ll always be needed as consumers. However, it is far from certain that the future economy will need us even as consumers. Machines could do that too – Yuval Noah Harari

"Theoretically, you can have an economy in which a mining corporation produces and sells iron to a robotics corporation, the robotics corporation produces and sells robots to the mining corporation, which mines more iron, which is used to produce …

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There are 32 different ways AI can go rogue, scientists say — from hallucinating answers to a complete misalignment with humanity. New research has created the first comprehensive effort to categorize all the ways AI can go wrong, with many of those behaviors resembling human psychiatric disorders.

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Some argue that humans could never become economically irrelevant cause even if they cannot compete with AI in the workplace, they’ll always be needed as consumers. However, it is far from certain that the future economy will need us even as consumers. Machines could do that too – Yuval Noah Harari

"Theoretically, you can have an economy in which a mining corporation produces and sells iron to a robotics corporation, the robotics corporation produces and sells robots to the mining corporation, which mines more iron, which is used to produce …