The Future of Machine Learning

There's a debate within the A.I. policy field about whether this focus on existential risk will distract from more obvious and even present harms. I think we'll know the answer in like two or three years, but it remains to be seen. Timnad Gabrou: There is way too much of a focus on admittedly interesting philosophical questions at the expense of more obvious andeven present harms. To take away from the more obvious immediate concrete harms that are already becoming evident is an enormous mistake.