Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg Concrete actions anyone can take to help improve AI safety (with Kat Woods)
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Jul 3, 2024 
Kat Woods, a serial charity entrepreneur and founder of Nonlinear, discusses the urgent need to slow AI development before it escalates into a safety crisis. She highlights the risks of advanced AI, comparing them to historical threats like nuclear weapons, and addresses the public's misconceptions about these dangers. Woods advocates for policy measures to regulate AI, emphasizing the individual's role in promoting safe practices. Listeners are encouraged to engage in activism and support initiatives aimed at ethical AI development.
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Slowing AI Development
- AI's rapid intelligence growth necessitates a slowdown in development to ensure safety.
- We are creating a new species, and we don't know how to control something smarter than us.
Spiky Intelligence
- AI demonstrates spiky intelligence, excelling in some areas while lagging in others.
- Comparing AI to human intelligence is complex due to its unique strengths and weaknesses.
Minimum Viable X-Risk
- The focus should be on AI's competence and ability to execute tasks, not just general intelligence.
- A minimum viable existential risk (X-risk) can arise even without superintelligence.