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#116 — AI: Racing Toward the Brink

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Is There a Human Level a I?

We have this feature of our minds most conspicuously where we're general problem solvers. Our knowledge in one ara isn't so brittle as to be degraded by our acquiring knowledge in some new area. We don't yet have computers that can do this, but we're seeing the signs of ving in that direction. Do you see this notion of human level a i as a landmark on the time line of our development, or is it just never going to be reached? "I think that a lot of people in the field would agree that a human level ai ... is a straw target, an impossible mirage"

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