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The Surgeon General’s Social Media Warning + A.I.’s Existential Risks

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence

LHF: How would the AI system actually interact with the real world and cause physical harm? Like it's on a computer and where people with bodies. I think there are a lot of paths by which AI systems are already interacting with the physical world. One obvious one is just hiring humans like that task rabbit story that you mentioned. Another one is writing code that results in getting control of various kinds of physical systems.

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