Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin discuss how existing A.I. capabilities already pose catastrophic risks to a functional society, how A.I. companies are caught in a race to deploy as quickly as possible without adequate safety measures, and what it would mean to upgrade our institutions to a post-A.I. world. This presentation is from a private gathering in San Francisco on March 9th, 2023 with leading technologists and decision-makers with the ability to influence the future of large-language model A.I.s. This presentation was given before the launch of GPT-4. 3,149,644 views. 5 Apr 2023
What nukes are to the physical world…
AI is to the virtual and symbolic world. — Yuval Noah Hariri
Unknown emergent capabilities and goals of AI black boxes (now GPT-4)
ChatGPT is fastest growing digital app in history.
AI out-performing humans in tests of intelligence and knowledge.
Humans discover AI develops theory of mind years after the event.
AI is interprets images in the human brain with MRI data alone. here
AI is interprets thoughts in the human brain with MRI data alone. here
AI learns positions of humans in a room with wifi data. here
Human experts unable to keep up with AI progress.
AI is making stronger AI by itself.
AI teaches itself basic Chemistry, tabula rasa.
AI capability development outpaces AI safety 99 to 1.
Tech Industry currently trapped in an AI race-to-the-bottom.
First AI contact: People Lose. Second AI contact: Civilization at Risk.
What nukes are to the physical world… AI is to the virtual & symbolic world.
