AI Expert STUART RUSSELL, exposes the trillion-dollar AI race, why governments won’t regulate, how AGI could replace humans by 2030, and why only a nuclear-level AI catastrophe will wake us up

Professor Stuart Russell O.B.E. is a world-renowned AI expert and Computer Science Professor at UC Berkeley. He holds the Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering and directs the Center for Human-Compatible AI, and is also the bestselling author of the book “Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control".

He explains:

◼️What the “gorilla problem” reveals about our future under superintelligent AI

◼️How governments are outfunded by Big Tech

◼️Why current AI systems already lie and self-preserve

◼️The radical solution he’s spent a decade building to make AI safe

◼️The myth of ‘pulling the plug’ and why AI won’t be that easy to stop

[00:00] You've Been Talking About AI for a Long Time

[02:54] You Wrote the Textbook on AI

[03:29] It Will Take a Crisis to Wake People Up

[06:03] CEOs Staying in the AI Race Despite Risks

[08:04] They Know It's an Extinction-Level Risk

[10:06] What Is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)?

[13:10] Will We Reach General Intelligence Soon?

[16:26] How Much Is Safety Really Being Implemented

[17:29] AI Safety Employees Leaving OpenAI

[18:14] The Gorilla Problem — The Most Intelligent Species Will Always Rule

[19:34] If There's an Extinction Risk, Why Don't They Stop?

[21:02] Can't We Just Pull the Plug if AI Gets Too Powerful?

[22:49] Can We Build AI That Will Act in Our Best Interests?

[24:09] Are You Troubled by the Rapid Advancement of AI?

[26:48] Do You Have Regrets About Your Involvement?

[27:35] No One Actually Understands How This AI Works

[30:36] AI Will Be Able to Train Itself

[32:24] The Fast Takeoff Is Coming

[34:20] Are We Creating Our Successor and Ending the Human Race?

[38:36] Advice to Young People in This New World

[40:52] How Do You Think AI Would Make Us Extinct?

[42:33] The Problem if No One Has to Work

[45:59] What if We Just Entertain Ourselves All Day

[48:43] Why Do We Make Robots Look Like Humans?

[56:44] What Should Young People Be Doing Professionally?

[59:56] What Is It to Be Human?

[01:03:34] The Rise of Individualism

[01:05:34] Ads

[01:06:39] Universal Basic Income

[01:08:41] Would You Press a Button to Stop AI Forever?

[01:15:13] But Won't China Win the AI Race if We Stop?

[01:18:40] Trump's Approach to AI

[01:19:06] What's Causing the Loss in Middle-Class Jobs

[01:21:02] What Will Happen if the UK Doesn't Participate in the AI Race?

[01:23:31] Amazon Replacing Their Workers

[01:29:00] Ads

[01:30:54] Experts Agree on Extinction Risk

[01:38:01] What if Aliens Were Watching Us Right Now

[01:39:35] Can We Make AI Systems That We Can Control?

[01:43:14] Are We Creating a God?

[01:47:32] Could There Have Been Advanced Civilisations Before Us?

[01:48:50] What Can We Do to Help?

[01:50:43] You Wrote the Book on AI — Does It Weigh on You?

[01:58:48] What Do You Value Most in Life?

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