The Misconception of AI Risk

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Yuval: People have feared AI since the very beginning of the computer age. This fear has inspired many science fiction classics like the Terminator or the Matrix. Yuval argues that to threaten human civilization, AI doesn't really need consciousness and it doesn't need the ability to move around the physical world.

Find the complete presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWiM-LuRe6w&t=2005s 0:00 Intro 0:30 The 3 levels of the AI discussion 2:08 Yuval starts - why AI doesn't need sentience or robots to cause harm 3:49 Language as the human operating system 4:56 Why AI is categorically not like other tools before it 6:08 What are the dangers that AI in control of language represents? 7:33 Why social media provides evidence of the risk 10:14 Global coalition to slow things down 11:40 Wouldn't a pause just let autocrats get ahead? 13:05 Conclusion The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown