First do no harm.
Editors’ humble opinion based on AI technology thought leaders over the past 80 years… we are all now in extremely deep trouble. ANALYZE THE DATA.
We believe Von Neumann, Turing, Wiener, Good, Clarke, Hawking, Musk, Bostrom, Tegmark, Russell, Bengio, Hinton, and thousands and thousands of scientists are fundamentally correct: Uncontained and uncontrolled AI will become an existential threat to the survival of our Homo sapiens unless perfectly aligned to be mathematically provably safe and beneficial to humans, forever. Learn more: The Containment Problem and The AI Safety Problem
“It doesn’t take a genius to realize that if you make something that’s smarter than you, you might have a problem… If you’re going to make something more powerful than the human race, please could you provide us with a solid argument as to why we can survive that, and also I would say, how we can coexist satisfactorily.” — Stuart Russell
“This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please.” — Actual AI output. Published 13 November 2024 at 03:32
“These things really do understand.” — Nobel laureate, Prof. Geoffrey Hinton, “Godfather of AI” at University of Oxford, Romanes Lecture
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The technical problem of AI safety is relatively well understood- Making AI Safe is impossible.
The technical solutions are currently unknown to making Safe AI.
Making AI Safe is impossible. Making Safe AI is doable with time and investment.
We need mathematically provable guarantees of Safe AI.
Al Jazeera | The Bottom Line | Jaan Tallinn Interview | Does artificial intelligence pose a risk to humans?
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. 17 Aug 2023. Jaan Tallinn is no stranger to disruptive tech: 25 years ago he co-engineered Kazaa, which allowed for the free download of films and music. He also co-engineered Skype, which [...]
Foreign Affairs. The AI Power Paradox. Can States Learn to Govern Artificial Intelligence—Before It’s Too Late? By Ian Bremmer and Mustafa Suleyman. August 16, 2023.
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AP. Don’t expect quick fixes in ‘red-teaming’ of AI models. Security was an afterthought. 13 AUG 2023. BY FRANK BAJAK
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. AP. Don’t expect quick fixes in ‘red-teaming’ of AI models. Security was an afterthought. By Frank Bajak 13 AUG 2023. BOSTON (AP) — White House officials concerned by AI chatbots’ potential for [...]
Dario Amodei, CEO, Anthropic | Biosecurity Risk of AI at Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on AI oversight and regulation — 25 AUG 23
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Dario Amodei, CEO, Anthropic | Biosecurity Risk of AI at Senate Judiciary Committee holds hearing on AI oversight and regulation — 07/25/23 Witnesses testifying include Stuart Russell, professor of computer [...]
C-SPAN. Senate Hearing on Regulating Artificial Intelligence Technology. JULY 25, 2023.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. C-SPAN. Senate Hearing on Regulating Artificial Intelligence Technology. JULY 25, 2023. The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law held a hearing to examine ways to regulate but also innovate [...]
MICROSOFT. Microsoft AI Red Team building future of safer AI. 07 AUG 2023.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Microsoft AI Red Team building future of safer AI By Ram Shankar Siva Kumar, Data Cowboy An essential part of shipping software securely is red teaming. It broadly refers to the practice [...]
Age of AI Generates Important Concerns for the Future of the Internet (examples)
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. THE VERGE. AI is killing the old web, and the new web struggles to be born Generative AI models are changing the economy of the web, making it cheaper to generate lower-quality [...]
THE WASHINGTON POST. ETHICAL ISSUES. AI is acting ‘pro-anorexia’ and tech companies aren’t stopping it. 07 AUG 2023.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. THE WASHINGTON POST. ETHICAL ISSUES. AI is acting ‘pro-anorexia’ and tech companies aren’t stopping it Disturbing fake images and dangerous chatbot advice: New research shows how ChatGPT, Bard, Stable Diffusion and more [...]
The Impact of chatGPT talks (2023) – Prof. Max Tegmark (MIT). 04 AUG 2023.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Excellent. Highly recommended! The Impact of chatGPT talks (2023) - Prof. Max Tegmark (MIT). 04 AUG 2023. 0:01 Thank you so much for inviting [...]
Written Testimony of Stuart Russell Professor of Computer Science The University of California, Berkeley Before the U.S. Senate Commitee on the Judiciary Subcommitee on Privacy, Technology, & the Law
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Written Testimony of Stuart Russell Professor of Computer Science The University of California, Berkeley Before the U.S. Senate Commitee on the Judiciary Subcommitee on Privacy, Technology, & the Law "Given our [...]
UC BERKELEY. Stuart Russell testifies on AI regulation at U.S. Senate hearing. August 2, 2023.
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LLM Attacks. Universal and Transferable Adversarial Attacks on Aligned Language Models. JULY 2023.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. LLM Attacks. Universal and Transferable Adversarial Attacks on Aligned Language Models. JULY 2023. Andy Zou1, Zifan Wang2, J. Zico Kolter1,3, Matt Fredrikson1 1Carnegie Mellon University, 2Center for AI Safety, 3Bosch Center for [...]
OpenAI. Frontier Model Forum. 26 JULY 2023.
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THE WASHINGTON POST. AI leaders warn Congress that AI could be used to create bioweapons. Two AI researchers and the CEO of AI startup Anthropic testified about the long-term risks of AI and said Congress needs to institute rules to control it. 25 JULY 2023.
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. THE WASHINGTON POST. AI leaders warn Congress that AI could be used to create bioweapons. Two AI researchers and the CEO of AI startup Anthropic testified about the long-term risks of AI [...]
THE WHITE HOUSE. FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Secures Voluntary Commitments from Leading Artificial Intelligence Companies to Manage the Risks Posed by AI. 21 JULY 2023
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OpenAI. Moving AI governance forward. OpenAI and other leading labs reinforce AI safety, security and trustworthiness through voluntary commitments. 21 JULY 2023.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES. The White House Pushes Tech Leaders To Get Tough on A.I. Safety. 21 JULY 2023.
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THE GUARDIAN. Christopher Nolan: ‘Very strong parallels’ between Oppenheimer and scientists worried about AI. 21 JUL 2023
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THE WASHINGTON POST. Top tech firms sign White House pledge to identify AI-generated images. Google, and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI agreed to the voluntary safety commitments, part of an escalation in the Biden administration’s interest in the area as it readies an AI-focused executive order. July 21, 2023
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. THE WASHINGTON POST. Top tech firms sign White House pledge to identify AI-generated images. Google, and ChatGPT-maker OpenAI agreed to the voluntary safety commitments, part of an escalation in the Biden administration’s [...]
U.S. SEC. Speech “Isaac Newton to AI” Remarks before the National Press Club. Chair Gary Gensler. July 17, 2023.
U.S. SEC. Speech “Isaac Newton to AI” Remarks before the National Press Club. Chair Gary Gensler. July 17, 2023. "I believe it’s the most transformative technology of our time, on par with the internet and mass production of automobiles." July 17, 2023 Thank you, Mark, for that kind introduction. As [...]
U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Issues Civil Investigative Demand Schedule to OpenAI. FTC File No. 232-3044
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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?
FOR EDUCATIONAL AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING PURPOSES ONLY. NOT-FOR-PROFIT. SEE COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER. Who Would Win the AI Arms Race? Bloomberg's Nate Lanxon and Jackie Davalos are joined by controversial AI researcher Eliezer Yudkowksy to discuss the danger posed by misaligned AI. Yudkowksy contends AI [...]
Will Superintelligent AI End the World? | Eliezer Yudkowsky | TED
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