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#324 — Debating the Future of AI

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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The Iron Man Argument

The AI risk community would break this argument into two forms. One is that it doesn't have to be sentient or self-aware to be dangerous, right? And then they argue the other side of it, which is what they call the orthogonality argument. Having any goal does invite the formation of instrumental goals once this system is responding to a change in environment,. So that's the structure of the problem.

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