Daniel Kokotajlo, a former researcher at OpenAI and author of AI 2027, shares alarming insights about the future of AI and its possible dangers. He discusses the rapid evolution of AI and the risks of losing human control over technology. Kokotajlo emphasizes the need for alignment with human values, transparency, and regulatory measures to prevent negative outcomes. He advocates for independent oversight and safe channels for whistleblowers in the AI field, stressing the importance of proactive measures to address these pressing challenges.
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Daniel's Risky Departure from OpenAI
Daniel Kokotajlo left OpenAI, forfeiting millions in stock options, to warn the world about AI risks.
He believed AI superintelligence was inevitable but dangerously misaligned, prompting his early departure.
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Rapid AI Self-Improvement Timeline
AI agents will rapidly improve and automate coding and AI research by 2027.
This leads to a superintelligent AI economy largely independent of human control rapidly emerging.
insights INSIGHT
Geopolitical AI Competition Unfolding
The AI 2027 scenario describes escalating AI capabilities alongside geopolitical competition.
China steals AI tech from the U.S., accelerating tensions and U.S. government cooperation with AI labs.
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In 2023, researcher Daniel Kokotajlo left OpenAI—and risked millions in stock options—to warn the world about the dangerous direction of AI development. Now he’s out with AI 2027, a forecast of where that direction might take us in the very near future.
AI 2027 predicts a world where humans lose control over our destiny at the hands of misaligned, super-intelligent AI systems within just the next few years. That may sound like science fiction but when you’re living on the upward slope of an exponential curve, science fiction can quickly become all too real. And you don’t have to agree with Daniel’s specific forecast to recognize that the incentives around AI could take us to a very bad place.
We invited Daniel on the show this week to discuss those incentives, how they shape the outcomes he predicts in AI 2027, and what concrete steps we can take today to help prevent those outcomes.
Clarification: Daniel K. referred to whistleblower protections that apply when companies “break promises” or “mislead the public.” There are no specific private sector whistleblower protections that use these standards. In almost every case, a specific law has to have been broken to trigger whistleblower protections.
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