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How to keep AI under control | Max Tegmark

Dec 22, 2023
Scientist Max Tegmark discusses the risks of superintelligent AI and the need for regulations. He explores the dangers of AGI and the importance of provably safe systems. Tegmark also advocates for the use of formal verification and proof checking to keep AI under control.
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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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