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#159 – Jan Leike on OpenAI's massive push to make superintelligence safe in 4 years or less

80,000 Hours Podcast

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The Importance of a Back-Up Plan for Alignment

I suppose if you don't manage to solve this problem and we just barrel ahead with capabilities then the end result could conceivably be that everyone dies. So in that situation it seems like humanity should have a backup plan, probably several backup plans,. If only so that the whole way of the world isn't resting on your shoulders and you can get some sleep at night. What sort of backup plan would you prefer us to have? Do you have any ideas there? I mean I think there's a lot of other kind of like plans that are all the emotion.

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