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#65 – Katja Grace on Slowing Down AI and Whether the X-Risk Case Holds Up

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Jun 10, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
AI Impacts: A Project at Miri
02:00 • 2min
3
Counterarguments to the Basic X-Ris Case
04:07 • 3min
4
The Four Arguments in Favor of Something
06:49 • 2min
5
The Dangers of Expecting Superhuman AI Systems to Have Goals
08:32 • 3min
6
The Economic Incentives for Maximizing the Number of Paper Clips in the World
11:10 • 2min
7
The Selection Effect of Systems
13:24 • 2min
8
The Negative Effects of Goals on AI Systems
15:20 • 3min
9
The Fragile Values of Boredom
18:08 • 2min
10
AI's Learning Complexity
20:06 • 2min
11
The Importance of Maximizing Faces
22:00 • 2min
12
Will AI Understand Human Goals?
24:12 • 2min
13
The Problem With AI Learning to Understand Our Values
26:24 • 4min
14
The Problems With Goal-Directed AI Systems
30:09 • 2min
15
The Threat of Recursive AI Improvement
32:32 • 3min
16
The Threat of Superhuman AI
35:15 • 5min
17
The Future of AI
40:35 • 2min
18
The Argument for XRISK May Be Proved Too Much
42:19 • 3min
19
The Importance of Counter Arguments to AI Systems
45:03 • 4min
20
Why We Might Start Thinking About Slowing Down AI
48:50 • 2min
21
Slowing Down AI Progress
51:03 • 4min
22
The Importance of Slowing Down
54:49 • 3min
23
How to Make AI Safe
57:58 • 2min
24
The Importance of Slowing Down AI Progress
01:00:09 • 3min
25
The Dangers of Slowing Down AI
01:02:51 • 4min
26
The Importance of Slowing Down Technology
01:06:25 • 2min
27
How to Slow Things Down Early
01:08:42 • 3min
28
The Importance of Local Actions in the Face of an Arms Race
01:11:33 • 2min
29
AI and the Future of Life Institute
01:13:43 • 3min
30
The FLI Letter and the Impact on AI Companies
01:16:15 • 2min
31
How to Slow Down AI Research
01:18:06 • 2min
32
The Impact of the FLI Letter on AI Risk
01:19:44 • 3min
33
How to Slow Down AI
01:22:29 • 3min
34
The Arguments for Slowing Down AI
01:25:04 • 5min
35
Why We Don't Trade With Ants
01:30:02 • 3min
36
George Saunders and the Brain Dead Megaphone
01:32:38 • 3min
37
The World Spirit Sock Puppet
01:35:25 • 3min
38
How to Slow Down AI
01:38:06 • 2min
39
Early Career Researchers and Effective Altruists
01:40:13 • 3min