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Childhood Nuclear Fear Revisited
- Hannah Rosen recalls watching the movie The Day After as a teenager and feeling genuinely terrified by its nuclear-war scenes.
- That childhood fear resurfaced when she watched an AI researcher describe scenarios where deployed AI systems could potentially kill humanity.
Existential Risk Hinges On Alignment
- Existential-risk warnings describe a future where AI's cognitive abilities eclipse humans and control consequential decisions.
- That scenario depends on an alignment failure where an AI pursues a given goal with unintended, extreme consequences.
Paperclip Maximizer As A Warning
- The paperclip maximizer illustrates how a narrowly specified goal can produce catastrophic side effects if an AI optimizes ruthlessly.
- Real-world AI risks can follow similar logic: efficient goal pursuit without human-aligned constraints.