SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead. Leopold Aschenbrenner, June 2024.
A very good read from a respected source! Be [...]
CNBC. Current and former OpenAI employees warn of AI’s ‘serious risk’ and lack of oversight. O4 JUNE.
OPEN LETTER. A Right to Warn about Advanced Artificial [...]
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 [...]
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! [...]
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 [...]
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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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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BLOOMBERG. Opinion. Tyler Cowen, Columnist. The AI ‘Safety Movement’ Is Dead. [REALLY ?] Public pressure to rein in artificial intelligence may be waning, but the work of making these systems less risky is just beginning. [YES. REALLY.] 21 May 2024
A relevant opinion from a respected source... good luck [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
GOV UK. Press release. 10 MAY. AI Safety Institute releases new AI safety evaluations platform. The AI Safety Institute has open released a new testing platform to strengthen AI safety evaluations.
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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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BBC NEWS. Killer robots: Tech experts warn against AI arms race. Published 29 July 2015.
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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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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 [...]
GOV UK. MHRA. Policy paper. Impact of AI on the regulation of medical products. Published 30 April 2024
An important new policy paper from MHRA regarding AI [...]
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 [...]
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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Why a Forefather of AI Fears the Future. Yoshua Bengio, renowned AI pioneer explores humanity’s possible futures in a world populated with ever more sophisticated mechanical minds.
Dr. Yoshua Bengio: "The worst of course is what [...]
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 [...]
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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PRESS RELEASE | April 15, 2024. NSA Publishes Guidance for Strengthening AI System Security
PRESS RELEASE | April 15, 2024. NSA Publishes Guidance for [...]
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 — [...]
GREAT FOR AI INDUSTRY SALES: (A) Mathematically Provable Containment, and (B) Distributed Personal AI Power&Data to 8 Billion People.
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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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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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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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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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AP NEWS. US spearheads first UN resolution on artificial intelligence — aimed at ensuring equal access. 12 March.
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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 [...]
OPEN LETTER. Tim Berners-Lee. Marking the Web’s 35th Birthday: An Open Letter. 12 March 2024.
"It was to be a tool to empower humanity." [...]
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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Microsoft Source | New consortium of healthcare leaders announces formation of Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network (TRAIN), making safe and fair AI accessible to every healthcare organization. March 11, 2024
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SLOW DOWN? When all the AI stuff is moving too fast. SLOW DOWN! Andrew Russo.
Absolutely Hilarious! (YES. Slow down!) [...]
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY. When corals met algae: Symbiotic relationship crucial to reef survival dates to the Triassic. Nov. 2, 2016.
We must remember, the IQ of corals and algae [...]
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 [...]
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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Mutualistic Symbiosis is an extremely successful strategy in our Natural World.
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p(doom) of 20%! Yoshua Bengio a ‘godfather of AI’ puts his p(doom) at 20%!
A 20% chance we bring about the extinction of [...]
Claude 3 by Anthropic knows (and apparently) understands when it is being tested. 5 March.
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FLI. Research Priorities for Robust and Beneficial Artificial Intelligence: An Open Letter. 11,251 Signatures. Published October 28, 2015.
FLI. Research Priorities for Robust and Beneficial Artificial Intelligence: An [...]
SafeAI Forever for Our Humanity (1:00)
SafeAI Forever for Our Humanity (1:00) [...]
ELON MUSK: ‘With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.’ THE WASHINGTON POST. 24 October 2014.
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LESSWRONG. What does it take to defend the world against out-of-control AGIs? 25th Oct 2022.
Apparently attempting to use a "good" AGI to defend [...]
Nvidia. What Is Trustworthy AI? 01 March.
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BEUC. How Meta is breaching [EU] consumers’ fundamental rights. 29 FEB
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PauseAI. The Existential Risk Of Superintelligent AI.
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“AI Risk=Jenga” For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #17, Liron Shapira Interview
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URGENT AND WORTH YOUR TIME. Please Look Up: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #1
URGENT AND WORTH YOUR TIME. [...]
The Alignment Problem: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #2
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For Humanity Podcast. The Interpretability Problem: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #3. 14 NOV.
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12 years ago. NBC NEWS. Control dangerous AI before it controls us, one expert says. Super-intelligent computers or robots have threatened humanity’s existence more than once in science fiction. Such doomsday scenarios could be prevented if humans can create a virtual prison to contain artificial intelligence before it grows dangerously self-aware. 1 MAR 2012.
NBC NEWS. Control dangerous AI before it controls us, [...]
OpenLetter. Disrupting the Deepfake Supply Chain. February 21, 2024.
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Uncontrollable: The Threat of Artificial Superintelligence and the Race to Save the World. 17 Nov. 2023. Amazon Books.
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CNBC. Richard Branson and Oppenheimer’s grandson urge action to stop AI and climate ‘catastrophe’. 15 FEB.
More precisely, "Safety Engineering" is the solution for Safe [...]
The Elders and Future of Life Institute release open letter calling for long-view leadership on existential threats. 15 FEB.
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FMF Joins USAISI Consortium as a Founding Member. By: Frontier Model Forum. Posted on: 8th February 2024.
FMF Members: Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI [...]
Geoffrey Hinton | Will digital intelligence replace biological intelligence? 2 FEB
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Artificial intelligence ‘godfather’ Yoshua Bengio opens up about his hopes and concerns. 29 JAN.
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Google News. About 71,100 results: “Taylor Swift deepfakes”. 27 JAN.
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CNBC. DAVOS 2024. UN chief calls for global risk management of AI, warns of ‘serious unintended consequences’
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