177 - AI is a Ticking Time Bomb with Connor Leahy

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Jun 26, 2023

Connor Leahy, CEO of Conjecture and co-founder of EleutherAI, delves into the pressing issues surrounding AI safety and alignment. He discusses the potential existential threats posed by advanced AI and why regulatory measures are crucial for our future. The conversation highlights the ideological motivations driving tech leaders in the arm race for AGI, alongside the importance of ethical considerations in AI development. Leahy shares insights on the exponential growth of AI power and emphasizes the need for accountability in navigating these risks.

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Existential Risk from AI

AI alignment is crucial due to the potential for catastrophic accidents.
As technology advances, its capacity for destruction increases, eventually encompassing Earth.

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AI's Neutrality and Blast Radius

AI's potential for harm isn't about its inherent goodness or badness.
It's about the scale of consequences if things go wrong, which includes all of humanity.

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Categories of AI Doom

AI doom scenarios fall into categories: misalignment, misuse, and accidents.
Misalignment is a lack of control, misuse is intentional harm, and accidents are unintended consequences.

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AI is here to stay, but at what cost? Connor Leahy is the CEO of Conjecture, a mission-driven organization that’s trying to make the future of AI go as well as it possibly can. He is also a Co-Founder of EleutherAI, an open-source AI research non-profit lab.

In today’s episode, Connor and David cover: 1) The intuitive arguments behind the AI Safety debate 2) The two defining categories of ways AI could end all of humanity 3) The major players in the race towards AGI, and why they all seem to be ideologically motivated, rather than financially motivated 4) Why the progress of AI power is based on TWO exponential curves 5) Why Connor thinks government regulation is the easiest and most effective way of buying us time

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----------- TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro 3:12 AI Alignment Importance 9:40 Finding Neutrality 14:16 AI Doom Scenarios 21:06 How AI Misalignment Evolves 25:56 The State of AI Alignment 32:07 The AI Race Trap 41:49 Motivations of the AI Race 56:18 AI Regulation Efforts 1:14:28 How AI Regulation & Crypto Compare 1:21:44 AI Teachings of Human Coordination 1:36:53 Closing & Disclaimers

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Connor Leahy https://twitter.com/NPCollapse

Conjecture Research https://www.conjecture.dev/research/

EleutherAI Discord https://discord.com/invite/zBGx3azzUn

Stop AGI https://www.stop.ai/

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