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How to keep AI under control | Max Tegmark
Dec 22, 2023
Max Tegmark dives into the rapid advancements in AI and the looming threat of superintelligent systems. He emphasizes the potential dangers these technologies pose to humanity and the urgency of managing them effectively. The discussion advocates for creating safe AI through formal verification, ensuring that these powerful tools serve us rather than the other way around. Tegmark presents a balanced and optimistic vision for harnessing AI's potential while safeguarding our future.
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- Unregulated advancements in AI pose risks of superintelligence surpassing human capabilities.
- Formal verification techniques and machine learning can help create provably safe AI systems.
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The Rise of Superintelligence
Physicist Max Tegmark discusses the rapid progress of artificial intelligence (AI) and the imminent arrival of superintelligence. He highlights the danger of unregulated advancements in AI and the potential for AI systems to surpass human intelligence in all cognitive tasks. Tegmark presents the goal of companies like OpenAI and Google DeepMind to build artificial general intelligence (AGI) and eventually achieve superintelligence, which poses significant risks. He challenges the perception of superintelligence as just another technology, emphasizing the need to see it as a new species with abilities beyond human comprehension.
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