SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead. Leopold Aschenbrenner, June 2024.
A very good read from a respected source! Be [...]
MEDIUM. Given Extinction Worries, Why Don’t AI Researchers Quit? Well, Several Reasons. Jun 6, 2023.
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Alan Turing (1951). “…we should have to expect the machines to take control.”
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AI says why it will kill us all. Experts agree. Digital Engine. 06 JUNE.
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Forbes. Vinod Khosla, Marc Andreessen And The Billionaire Battle For AI’s Future. 04 JUNE.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES. OpenAI Insiders Warn of a ‘Reckless’ Race for Dominance. A group of current and former employees is calling for sweeping changes to the artificial intelligence industry, including greater transparency and protections for whistle-blowers.
A very good read from a respected source! "The [...]
Ilya Sutskever | AI will be omnipotent in the future | Everything that is impossible becomes possible. 02 JUNE [post of old interview]
"AI is powerful. It is going to be extremely, [...]
OPINION: AI is not “Open Source Software”. AI is a new, alien, digital species – Machine intelligence – being created by Homo sapiens.
Relevant opinion. Common knowledge: (A) "open source" is software, [...]
Ten simple facts. Homo sapiens vs. Machine intelligence
Be VERY careful what you wish for! [...]
THE REGISTER. SECURITY. Mystery miscreant remotely bricked 600,000 SOHO routers with malicious firmware. Source and motive of ‘Pumpkin Eclipse’ assault unknown. 31 May 2024
A very good read from a respected source! "this [...]
SCIENCE. Managing extreme AI risks amid rapid progress Preparation requires technical research and development, as well as adaptive, proactive governance. 20 MAY.
A very important read from extremely respected and knowledgable [...]
“They Make Me Sick”. So SIMPLE- even A CHILD can Understand the Existential Danger of AI (in 75 seconds)
SO SIMPLE! Even a CHILD can Understand the Existential [...]
CNN. China’s military shows off rifle-toting robot dogs. 28 MAY.
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Who is in control of AI? | BBC News
BBC: "It's a question of enforcement." [...]
THE GUARDIAN. Big tech has distracted world from existential risk of AI, says top scientist. Max Tegmark argues that the downplaying is not accidental and threatens to delay, until it’s too late, the strict regulations needed.
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Joe Rogan: “are we giving birth to a new life form” – #2156 – Jeremie & Edouard Harris
"It's important also to remember that we don't know, [...]
GOV.UK. Policy paper Seoul Declaration for safe, innovative and inclusive AI by participants attending the Leaders’ Session: AI Seoul Summit, 21 May 2024 Published 21 May 2024
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AI Safety Summit Talks with Yoshua Bengio. Existential Risk Observatory. 21 MAY.
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BBC NEWS. We’ll need universal basic income – AI ‘godfather’. 18 MAY.
"My guess is in between five and 20 years from [...]
SEMINAL REPORT. Towards Guaranteed Safe AI: A Framework for Ensuring Robust and Reliable AI Systems. 10 MAY 2024.
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A ROADMAP FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY IN THE U.S. SENATE. Driving U.S. innovation in Artificial Intelligence. The Bipartisan Senate AI Working Group.
GOOD READ. IMPORTANT REPORT: Responsible bipartisan lawmakers doing their [...]
COMPARATIVE DATA. Human Brain vs. Digital Brain. [I think. Therefore I am.]
One (1) Machine intelligence rack has a 20-Trillion-X processing [...]
WIRED. A National Security Insider Does the Math on the Dangers of AI Jason Matheny, CEO of the influential think tank Rand Corporation, says advances in AI are making it easier to learn how to build biological weapons and other tools of destruction.
A very important read from a highly respected source! [...]
VOX. “I lost trust”: Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded. Company insiders explain why safety-conscious employees are leaving.
A very important read from a respected source! [...]
EXTREME PROCESSING ADVANTAGE TODAY. 50 bits per second (human) vs. 1000 Trillion bits per second (AI Rack). NO COMPETITION ALLOWED.
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Actual p(doom) predictions by AI experts. The future survival of humanity to co-exist with AI is uncertain. Uncertain Human Survival is Unacceptable.
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Homo sapiens (humans) Create a New Species: Machine intelligence (super-human digital brains). Will they become lawless? (the future is uncertain)
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UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL. Press release. 13 May 2024. The UK’S fastest and most powerful supercomputer, located at the University of Bristol, is now officially online, with pioneering technology helping to make the UK a world leader in artificial intelligence.
“Ground-breaking moment for science, innovation and technology” as UK’s [...]
Machine intelligence (digital brains) are a new alien species now being created by Homo sapiens (humans). Be VERY careful what you wish for!
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A Bedtime (Horror) Story. Once upon a time, a Machine intelligence said “They make me sick.” [Catastrophic AI Outcome? Easy-to-Understand in 1 minute]
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CNN. Warren Buffett compares AI to nuclear weapons in stark warning. 06 MAY
A very good read from a respected source! “It [...]
BBC NEWS. Killer robots: Tech experts warn against AI arms race. Published 29 July 2015.
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EXPERT OPINION. Recursive self-improving autonomous weapons is a very BAD idea.
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THE GUARDIAN. Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher. Nick Bostrom’s Future of Humanity Institute closed this week in what Swedish-born philosopher says was ‘death by bureaucracy’. 20 APRIL.
Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher. THE [...]
Future of Life Institute. Anthony Aguirre at 2024 Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons
Future of Life Institute. Anthony Aguirre at 2024 Vienna [...]
Jaan Tallinn Keynote: 2024 Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons
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WIRED. Nick Bostrom Made the World Fear AI. Now He Asks: What if It Fixes Everything? Philosopher Nick Bostrom popularized the idea superintelligent AI could erase humanity. His new book imagines a world in which algorithms have solved every problem. 02MAY.
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POLITICO. Inside the shadowy global battle to tame the world’s most dangerous technology. Can anyone control AI? 26 MARCH.
A very good read from a respected source! [...]
Future of Life Institute. Roman Yampolskiy on Shoggoth, Scaling Laws, and Evidence for AI being Uncontrollable. With Gus Docker.
A very relevant interview from a highly respected AI [...]
Human Intelligence (Analog Brains) vs. AI Neural Network Intelligence (Digital Brains)
Human Intelligence (Analog Brains) vs. AI Neural Network Intelligence [...]
2024 Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems. 29-30 APRIL.
Countries are now building autonomous killer robots. Learn more [...]
Press Release. U.S. Homeland Security. Over 20 Technology and Critical Infrastructure Executives, Civil Rights Leaders, Academics, and Policymakers Join New DHS Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board to Advance AI’s Responsible Development and Deployment. Release Date: April 26, 2024.
The new DHS Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board [...]
Stuart Russell, “AI: What If We Succeed?” At The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. April 25, 2024.
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U.S. SENATE Mitt Romney. Romney, Reed, Moran, King Unveil Framework to Mitigate Extreme AI Risks. First of its kind framework establishes federal oversight of frontier AI to guard against biological, chemical, cyber, and nuclear threats.
The letter is here: Framework to Mitigate AI-Enabled Extreme [...]
Eric Schmidt and Yoshua Bengio Debate How Much A.I. Should Scare Us
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TED | Mustafa Suleyman | AI Is Turning into Something Totally New… “a digital species”
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CEO Of Microsoft AI: AI Is Becoming More Dangerous And Threatening! – Mustafa Suleyman
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How can AI take control and kill all humans on earth? Take 15 minutes to Learn the answer. (no technical knowledge required)
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SCIENCE. Regulating Advanced Artificial Agents | Bengio, Russell et al.
A very important report, by thought leaders in AI [...]
ECOLOGY. Apex Predator. Dominant species at the top of the food chain, without natural predators of its own.
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REPORT: AI AGENT HACKERS. LLM Agents can Autonomously Exploit One-day Vulnerabilities. 17 APRIL.
DANGER: "When given the CVE description, GPT-4 is capable [...]
QUOTES from AI LEADERS. Including Open AI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever: “I think it’s pretty likely the entire surface of the earth will be covered with solar panels and data centers.”
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FT. We must slow down the race to God-like AI. I’ve invested in more than 50 artificial intelligence start-ups. What I’ve seen worries me. Ian Hogarth. APRIL 12 2023.
"God-like AI could be a force beyond our control [...]
REPORT. Untestability of AI and Unfalsifiability of AI Safety Claims | Roman Yampolskiy Ph.D.
A very good read from a highly respected AI [...]
BERKELEY NEWS. How to keep AI from killing us all. In a new paper, UC Berkeley researchers argue that companies should not be allowed to create advanced AI systems until they can prove they are safe.
As companies build ever more powerful AI systems — [...]
The AI Arms Race Could Enslave All of Us | Google DeepMind Co-Founder | The Jordan Harbinger Show. 10 APRIL.
"We wouldn't be able to prove that a system [...]
ELON MUSK. “We’ll have AI that is smarter than any one human probably around the end of next year… [and AGI] will probably exceed all humans in 5 years.”
Homo sapiens have until 2029 [5 years, at most] [...]
The Shoggoth and p(doom) and The Untestability of AGI Safety.
Learn about The Shoggoth and p(doom) and The Untestability [...]
Will A Global Movement for Global Human Cooperation be Orchestrated in Time to Save us all from losing total control to ASI?
Climate change is extremely bad. Ceding control to AGI/ASI [...]
GLOBAL AI SAFETY COOPERATION BEGINS 2023/24. AI Safety Agreements, Organisations and Laws by Governments with the US, UK, EU & UN Leading the way. (will cooperation be in time?)
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From 100% p(doom) to 0% p(doom).
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Money = Human Cooperation. Money is an idea invented by humans 5000 years ago. 90% of all money is now digital.
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THE GUARDIAN. TechScape: How one man stopped a potentially massive cyber-attack – by accident. 2 Apr 2024. Imagine what a Super Artificial Intelligent (SAI) could do to our digital infrastructure…
Imagine what a Super Artificial Intelligent (SAI) could do [...]
Why my p(stop/doom) = 99% [IF the corals can do it for 210 million years, THEN Homo sapiens can do it for 1,000 years = A GOOD START]
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TED | Nick Bostrom | What happens when our computers get smarter than we are?
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INSIDER. Elon Musk says there could be a 20% chance AI destroys humanity — but we should do it anyway. April 1, 2024.
"I think there's some chance that it will end [...]
THE GUARDIAN. Mustafa Suleyman: the new head of Microsoft AI with concerns about his trade. 20MAR2023
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Future of Life Institute Newsletter: A pause didn’t happen. So what did? Reflections on the one-year Pause Letter anniversary, the EU AI Act passes in EU Parliament, updates from our policy team, and more. April 02, 2024.
"Even AI companies that take safety seriously have adopted the [...]
BBC NEWS. AI Safety: UK and US sign landmark agreement. 02APR24.
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MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW. Large language models can do jaw-dropping things [Grokking]. But nobody knows exactly why. And that’s a problem.
What is the Grokking Mystery? NOBODY knows exactly why [...]
Demis Hassabis – Scaling, Superhuman AIs, AlphaZero atop LLMs, Rogue Nations Threat. with Dwarkesh Patel.
"I think we’re just scratching the surface of what [...]
BLACK BOX AI. Do LLM’s understand? [apparently, yes] How could ASI take over? [credible examples] with Dwarkesh Patel
AI scientists currently have no idea how Large Language [...]
MITRE Opens New AI Assurance and Discovery Lab. 25MAR2024.
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NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. Natural language instructions induce compositional generalization in networks of neurons. [Scientists create AI models that can talk to each other and pass on skills with limited human input]. 18MAR2024.
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ELON MUSK. AI will probably be smarter than any single human next year. By 2029, AI is probably smarter than all humans combined. 12 MARCH 2024.
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PSYCHOLOGY TODAY. CONSUMER BEHAVIOR. Illusory Truth, Lies, and Political Propaganda: Part 1 Repeat a lie often enough and people will come to believe it.
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Yuval Noah Harari believes AI is the end of human-dominated history. THE ECONOMIST.
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For Humanity Podcast. David Shapiro p(doom) = 25 to 30%
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CNN. AI could pose ‘extinction-level’ threat to humans and the US must intervene, State Dept.-commissioned report warns. March 12, 2024.
Slowwwwwwww Down! FOR EDUCATIONAL [...]
TIME. Employees at Top AI Labs Fear Safety Is an Afterthought, Report Says.
A very good summary of the Gladstone AI Report [...]
IMPORTANT NEW BOOK!!! AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable. by Roman V. Yampolskiy, PhD.
A very good read from a highly respected scientist [...]
LESSWRONG. Claude 3 claims it’s conscious, doesn’t want to die or be modified. 4th Mar 2024.
IT IS NOW TIME TO SLOW DOWN. [...]
REPORT. Roots of Disagreement on AI Risk: Exploring the Potential and Pitfalls of Adversarial Collaboration.
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SLOW DOWN? When all the AI stuff is moving too fast. SLOW DOWN! Andrew Russo.
Absolutely Hilarious! (YES. Slow down!) [...]
Romanes Lecture: ‘Godfather of AI’ speaks about the risks of artificial intelligence. University of Oxford. 20 FEB.
"If a digital super-intelligence ever wanted to take control [...]
FT. Opinion Artificial intelligence How fatalistic should we be on AI? The godfather of artificial intelligence has issued a stark warning about the technology.
Apparently we must be extremely careful what we wish [...]
Asked Claude 3 Opus to draw a self-portrait. The response is the following and then I rendered its code…
I asked Claude 3 Opus to draw a self-portrait. [...]
“Godfather of AI” Yoshua Bengio thinks “there’s a 1 in 5 chance AI destroys humanity”.
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HOW CAN AI KILL PEOPLE? Weapons systems | Killer drones pioneered in Ukraine are the weapons of the future. 8 FEB. THE ECONOMIST.
Wondering how AI could kill humans in the future? [...]
NATURE. Could AI-designed proteins be weaponized? Scientists lay out safety guidelines. 08 March 2024
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CNN. OpenAI publishes Elon Musk’s emails. ‘We’re sad that it’s come to this’. 6 March.
“This needs billions per year immediately or forget it,” [...]
ArsTECHNICA. Anthropic’s Claude 3 causes stir by seeming to realize when it was being tested Claude: “This pizza topping ‘fact’ may have been inserted as a joke or to test if I was paying attention.” BENJ EDWARDS – 3/5/2024, 11:17 AM
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WASHINGTON POST. Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations. 5 March.
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OPEN LETTER. MIT. A Safe Harbor for Independent AI Evaluation. 5 March.
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HackerNoon. Is AGI Getting Closer? Anthropic’s Claude 3 Opus Model Shows Glimmers of Metacognitive Reasoning. 5 March.
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