

#65 – Katja Grace on Slowing Down AI and Whether the X-Risk Case Holds Up
24 snips Jun 10, 2023
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
AI Impacts: A Project at Miri
02:00 • 2min
Counterarguments to the Basic X-Ris Case
04:07 • 3min
The Four Arguments in Favor of Something
06:49 • 2min
The Dangers of Expecting Superhuman AI Systems to Have Goals
08:32 • 3min
The Economic Incentives for Maximizing the Number of Paper Clips in the World
11:10 • 2min
The Selection Effect of Systems
13:24 • 2min
The Negative Effects of Goals on AI Systems
15:20 • 3min
The Fragile Values of Boredom
18:08 • 2min
AI's Learning Complexity
20:06 • 2min
The Importance of Maximizing Faces
22:00 • 2min
Will AI Understand Human Goals?
24:12 • 2min
The Problem With AI Learning to Understand Our Values
26:24 • 4min
The Problems With Goal-Directed AI Systems
30:09 • 2min
The Threat of Recursive AI Improvement
32:32 • 3min
The Threat of Superhuman AI
35:15 • 5min
The Future of AI
40:35 • 2min
The Argument for XRISK May Be Proved Too Much
42:19 • 3min
The Importance of Counter Arguments to AI Systems
45:03 • 4min
Why We Might Start Thinking About Slowing Down AI
48:50 • 2min
Slowing Down AI Progress
51:03 • 4min
The Importance of Slowing Down
54:49 • 3min
How to Make AI Safe
57:58 • 2min
The Importance of Slowing Down AI Progress
01:00:09 • 3min
The Dangers of Slowing Down AI
01:02:51 • 4min
The Importance of Slowing Down Technology
01:06:25 • 2min
How to Slow Things Down Early
01:08:42 • 3min
The Importance of Local Actions in the Face of an Arms Race
01:11:33 • 2min
AI and the Future of Life Institute
01:13:43 • 3min
The FLI Letter and the Impact on AI Companies
01:16:15 • 2min
How to Slow Down AI Research
01:18:06 • 2min
The Impact of the FLI Letter on AI Risk
01:19:44 • 3min
How to Slow Down AI
01:22:29 • 3min
The Arguments for Slowing Down AI
01:25:04 • 5min
Why We Don't Trade With Ants
01:30:02 • 3min
George Saunders and the Brain Dead Megaphone
01:32:38 • 3min
The World Spirit Sock Puppet
01:35:25 • 3min
How to Slow Down AI
01:38:06 • 2min
Early Career Researchers and Effective Altruists
01:40:13 • 3min