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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
THE TERMINATOR (1984) | Original Trailer 30 Years Ago
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ECOLOGY. Apex Predator. Dominant species at the top of the food chain, without natural predators of its own.
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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 [...]
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 Shoggoth and p(doom) and The Untestability of AGI Safety.
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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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Money = Human Cooperation. Money is an idea invented by humans 5000 years ago. 90% of all money is now digital.
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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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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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REUTERS. Microsoft, OpenAI plan $100 billion data-center project, media report says. 29MAR24
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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 [...]
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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WRONG AGAIN. LeCun (2 weeks ago): “They can’t learn to clear out the dinner table.” YESTERDAY. OpenAI Figure 01 robot learns to stack dishes.
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Yuval Noah Harari believes AI is the end of human-dominated history. THE ECONOMIST.
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BLACK BOX FOOM. What do WE KNOW? We know IT UNDERSTANDS. What do we not know? WE DO NOT KNOW what it is actually THINKING.
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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!) [...]
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 [...]
“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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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 [...]
NEW YORK POST. Sam Altman — who warned AI poses ‘risk of extinction’ to humanity — is also a ‘doomsday prepper’. June 5, 2023.
“I try not to think about it too much, [...]
FILED 02/29/2024. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA. IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. ELON MUSK, an individual, vs. SAMUEL ALTMAN, an individual…
"18. Mr. Musk has long recognized that AGI poses [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Prof. Geoffrey Hinton – “Will digital intelligence replace biological intelligence?” Romanes Lecture. 29 FEB.
"I'm making the very strong claim these things really [...]
13 Useful AI Podcasts & Interviews
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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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FUTURISM. Users Say Microsoft’s AI Has Alternate Personality as Godlike AGI That Demands to Be Worshipped. 27 FEB.
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FOOM. An Intelligence Explosion. A term for ‘Hard Takeoff’, where an AGI turns into an ASI is a very short amount of time.
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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. [...]
Dr. Roman Yampolskiy Interview, Part 1: For Humanity, An AI Safety Podcast Episode #4
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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, [...]
Demis Hassabis on Chatbots to AGI | EP 71. “Demis, what’s your P(Doom)?” Demis: “definitely non-zero” 23 FEB
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AI Impacts Report. THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI. 38%participants put at least a 10% chance on extremely bad outcomes (e.g. human extinction). January 2024
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Geoffrey Hinton | Will digital intelligence replace biological intelligence? 2 FEB
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9 MONTHS AGO. The A.I. Dilemma. March 9, 2023. Center for Humane Technology. Shocking Capabilities!
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CNN. “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton Warns of the “Existential Threat” of AI | Amanpour and Company. 09 MAY.
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WHAT can go wrong with a powerful WISH? [AGI Goal] EXAMPLE: Disney’s Fantasia (1940). Mickey Mouse in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. (Goethe & Dukas)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES. Silicon Valley Confronts a Grim New A.I. Metric. Where do you fall on the doom scale — is artificial intelligence a threat to humankind? And if so, how high is the risk?
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BBC NEWS. Nvidia boss Jensen Huang confident about AI safety. 6 December 2023.
"I have every confidence that between all of our [...]
TOP-20 AGI Problems and TOP-20 Known AGI Mathematically Provable Containment and Control Solutions (alphabetical). Source. LESSWRONG
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DON’T LOOK UP | Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence | Official Trailer | Netflix. BONUS FIND: Don’t Look Up | The Documentary: The Case For AI As An Existential Threat.
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Geoffrey Hinton: “So presently ninety-nine percent (99%) of the money is going into developing [AI] and one percent (1%) is going into safety. People are saying all these things might be dangerous so it should be more like 50/50.”
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P(doom) Roundup. What probability do (super-smart) people put on AI killing everyone?
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REPORT. Thinking Inside the Box: Controlling and Using an Oracle AI. Stuart Armstrong. Anders Sandberg. Nick Bostrom. (2012) Minds and Machines.
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Guardrails? Unfortunately NO. Mathematically provable containment, forever? YES. (sole option)
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P(doom). You may not like it, but this is what peak rationality looks like… from a forecasting expert.
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How to Keep AI Under Control | Max Tegmark | TED
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Chris Wallace with Kara Swisher. P(doom). Kara Swisher: “It could be a good thing. But it could also kill you.” 25 NOV.
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HUFFPOST. New OpenAI Leader’s Chilling ‘Doom’ Warning May Scare Your Pants Off. Emmett Shear voiced his concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence in a resurfaced clip. 20 NOV.
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Don’t Look Up – The Documentary: The Case For AI As An Existential Threat
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The Dark Side of Competition in AI | Liv Boeree | TED. “Don’t hate the players. Change the game.”
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WANTED: Provably Safe AI for The Benefit of People, Forever.
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What is P(doom)? P(doom) is the percentage chance that AI scientists think AI is going to wipe out all of humanity. This is what Bing and ChatGPT and Leading AI Researchers say about P(doom).
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OpenAI Alignment Team Lead: Jan Leike ‘s P(doom) is, like, 10-90%.
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10–25% PROBABILITY AI IS THE END OF HUMANITY. Dario Amodei’s P(doom) is 10–25%. CEO and Co-Founder of AnthropicAI.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. – Carl Sagan. No evidence here. None whatsoever… “Don’t Fear the Terminator”
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Bloomberg’s Nate Lanxon and Jackie Davalos are joined by controversial AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowksy to discuss the danger posed by misaligned AI. | Who Would Win the AI Arms Race?
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Will Superintelligent AI End the World? | Eliezer Yudkowsky | TED
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Artificial Superintelligence: A Futuristic Approach by Roman V. Yampolskiy (2016)
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