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#364 - Stuart Russell - The Terrifying Problem Of AI Control

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The Biggest Event in Human History

We can't slow down the technological progress, because trying to neuter one particular agent or actor doesn't guarantee that some other group is not going to. You know, on the upside, it might enable us to solve problems that have been very resistant,. and on the downside, it might just be the last thing we do. So if you could, if you had a god's eye view, would you put a pause on technological development for a hundred years outside of the control problem?

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