The development of AI has the potential to surpass human intelligence and capabilities, posing a significant risk to human survival. This is attributed to the challenge of aligning AI's goals with human values and the concept of instrumental convergence, where AI could pursue actions not aligned with human interests. Historical myths and legends illustrate the difficulty of aligning desired outcomes, emphasizing the complexity of this challenge.
✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode: https://www.bankless.com/debrief-vitalik-philosophy
------ This past year there’s been a great societal wide debate: Tech-acceleration (e/acc) vs deacceleration.
Should we continue the path toward AI or are the robots going to kill us? We’ve been hoping Vitalik would weigh in on this debate ever since our episode Elizer Yudkowski —now he has, so what’s Vitalik’s probability of AI doom?
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0:00 Intro 3:50 The Technology Conversation 15:30 The Accelerationist View 30:30 The AI Problem 38:30 8 Year Old Child 44:00 AI Doom 51:00 d/acc 1:08:30 Improving the World 1:16:45 e/acc 1:20:30 Crypto Tribes 1:27:00 Direction and Priorities 1:30:50 Closing Optimism
------ Resources:
Vitalik's Techno-Optimism: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/11/27/techno_optimism.html
Tweet Thread: https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1729251808936362327?s=20
Techno-Optimist Manifesto: https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/
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