10 Reasons to Ignore AI Safety

Robert Miles AI Safety · 363.5K views · 2020-06-04 · 16:29

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Overview

Robert Miles goes through ten common reasons people give for dismissing AI safety, adapted from Stuart Russell's list, and answers each one. It is aimed at skeptics and newcomers.

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HN commenters link it as a compact rebuttal to dismissive arguments and as a way to see why people consider AI safety important.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2022–2024

Topics

AI safety, AGI & impact

What people said

circuit10 · 2024-05 · Recommendation
It’s arguable whether it’s actually improbable. Many people, including (and seemingly especially) experts think it’s likely or even inevitable. This video might be interesting to see some arguments for why people think it’s important: [VIDEO]
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sabellito · 2022-08 · Recommendation
I don't think you spent enough time checking, he's a person with a PHD precisely in AI safety! The type of reasoning you're displaying is addressed in another video: [VIDEO]
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pixl97 · 2023-02 · Reference
>but we should wait and see what happens. Most AI alignment and safety people would disagree with you there. Robert Miles - 10 Reasons to Ignore AI Safety. [VIDEO]
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