This blog post from Holden Karnofsky, Open Philanthropy’s Director of AI Strategy, explains how advanced AI might overpower humanity. It summarizes superintelligent takeover arguments and provides a scenario where human-level AI disempowers humans without achieving superintelligence. As Holden summarizes: “if there's something with human-like skills, seeking to disempower humanity, with a population in the same ballpark as (or larger than) that of all humans, we've got a civilization-level problem."

Original text:
https://www.cold-takes.com/ai-could-defeat-all-of-us-combined/#the-standard-argument-superintelligence-and-advanced-technology

Authors:
Holden Karnofsky

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