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Eric Schmidt says a "a modest death event (Chernobyl-level)" might be necessary to scare everybody into taking AI risks seriously, but we shouldn’t wait for a Hiroshima to take action

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Yuval Harari: "The one thing everyone should know is AI is not a tool. A hammer is a tool, an atom bomb is a tool- it’s your choice to bomb a city. But we already have AI weapons making decisions by themselves. An atom bomb can’t invent the hydrogen bomb, but AIs can invent new weapons and new AIs."

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Josh Waitzkin: It took AlphaZero just 3 hours to become better at chess than any human in history, despite not even being taught how to play. Imagine your life’s work – training for 40 years – and in 3 hours it’s stronger than you.

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