Name: Will superintelligent AI end the world?
Uploaded: 2023-07-11T14:40:19Z
Duration: 10 min 32 s
Description: Decision theorist Eliezer Yudkowsky has a simple message: superintelligent AI could probably kill us all. So the question becomes: Is it possible to build powerful artificial minds that are obedient, even benevolent? In a fiery talk, Yudkowsky explores why we need to act immediately to ensure smarter-than-human AI systems don't lead to our extinction.

Decision theorist Eliezer Yudkowsky has a simple message: superintelligent AI could probably kill us all. So the question becomes: Is it possible to build powerful artificial minds that are obedient, even benevolent? In a fiery talk, Yudkowsky explores why we need to act immediately to ensure smarter-than-human AI systems don't lead to our extinction.

Eliezer Yudkowsky: Will superintelligent AI end the world?

Will superintelligent AI end the world?

Unpacking the enigma of AI's decision-making, revealing it as a complex maze of inscrutable matrices, sparking an urgent need for alignment.

Uncontrolled AI could lead to extinction; immediate, global action is needed to align superintelligence with human values.

Future AI might deploy unseen technologies to outsmart humanity, likened to introducing modern tech to the 11th century.