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#154 - Rohin Shah on DeepMind and trying to fairly hear out both AI doomers and doubters

80,000 Hours Podcast

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The Probability of Humanity Benefiting From AI

Barry Wild: What do you think is the probability that humanity benefits from the advancement of AI as opposed to ends up worse off because of it? Barry Wild: I'm just like, you know, very uncertain. It's got misalignment and structural risks too. And there are so many different categories within them. He says he doesn't want people trying to optimize for the best story rather than having some at all.

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