The Benefits of Delaying Technology

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Douglas Rushkoff: You make three interesting points, right? The first seems to be about, well, delaying this technology is delaying all these wonderful benefits. Then the second point you make is about that maybe it actually gets easier to make the system aligned. And then third, you talk about well, maybe the teams right now working on this are actually the right teams to be in charge.rushkoff: Well, I think each of those is really interesting and worth unpacking a little bit.

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Many people who work on AI safety advocate for slowing the rate of development; but might there be any advantages in speeding up AI development? Which fields are likely to be impacted the most (or the least) by AI? As AIs begin to displace workers, how can workers make themselves more valuable? How likely is it that AI assistants will become better at defending against users who are actively trying to circumvent assistants' guardrails? What effects would the open-sourcing of AI code, models, or training data likely have? How do actual or potential AI intelligence levels affect AI safety calculus? Are there any good solutions to the problem that only ethically-minded people are likely to apply caution and restraint in AI development? What will a world with human-level AGI look like?

An accomplished entrepreneur, executive, and investor, Reid Hoffman has played an integral role in building many of today's leading consumer technology businesses including as the co-founder of LinkedIn. He is the host of the podcasts Masters of Scale and Possible. He is the co-author of five best-selling books: The Startup of You, The Alliance, Blitzscaling, Masters of Scale, and Impromptu.

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