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Mr. Altman Goes to Washington + Casey Goes on This American Life

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The Tension Between Near-Term and Long-Term Risks of AI

The danger that AI could get so powerful that it could actually destroy or disempower humanity as a whole. The problem with the long-term risks is aside from using the kinds of words that Sam Altman did, which were kind of vague,. It's hard to be specific about this very hypothetical cataclysmic result of this technology.

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