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Scott Aaronson: Against AI Doomerism

The Gradient: Perspectives on AI

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AI and the Future of Humanity

CNN's John Sutter asks if we can expect super-intelligent AI to go off a cliff. He says there are several assumptions about the nature of artificial intelligence. One is that an arbitrarily smart AI could have stupid goals, like converting universe into paper clips. The other is that it will try to amass as much power and resources as possible to help achieve its goals.Sutter: If you accept all of those assumptions, then he thinks we should shut down AI altogether.

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