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Bonus: Preventing an AI-Related Catastrophe
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The Second Story, Existential Catastrophe Through AI Development
Nick Bostrom imagines a world where we've had some success automating specific activities and preventing any power-seeking behavior. In this scenario, there are mishaps with self-driving cars or autonomous weapons systems. As soon as they're strong enough to have a fairly large chance of success, the AI systems might attempt to disempower humans. This could lead to an existential catastrophe through a single, advanced artificial intelligence.
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