Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development | Lex Fridman Podcast #371

Lex Fridman · 1.7M views · 2023-04-13 · 2:48:13

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Overview

Lex Fridman interviews MIT physicist Max Tegmark, co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, about the case for pausing giant AI experiments and the risks of advanced AI.

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Recommended in AI-risk threads as a way to understand the safety-advocate argument for halting development.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2023–2023

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AI safety, AGI & impact Tech pioneers & interviews

What people said

ChatGTP · 2023-04 · Strong recommendation
Kind of hard to say this, but unless some miraculous slowdown happens, it's coming for the entire human experience by the look of it. As Max Tegmark put it recently, we're basically Neanderthals building homo sapiens. I don't care what people think about Lex as an interviewer, it's worth a watch just to be more prepared for where things are likely headed: [VIDEO]
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hipjiveguy · 2023-04 · Strong recommendation
dudes. if none of you see it, it's because you're turning a blind eye, is the best way I can say it. the future of the 50's is about to show up, if, and only if, we're not so dumb as to ignore it. flying cars, killer robots, we can help decide, if we're only aware enough to do a bit of research, and say anything. your voice does matter :D watch this: [VIDEO] then, think, and then, think again, and then comment be optimistic, but be forewarned, and speak your voice
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AlbertoGP · 2023-10 · Reference
As the sibling comment by idkwhatiamdoing says, Geoff is Geoffrey Hinton: «Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google and warns of danger ahead» [LINK] Yoshua is Yoshua Bengio: «Yoshua Bengio: How Rogue AIs May Arise» [LINK] LeCunn is replying to Max Tegmark: «Ask HN: What is the apocolyptic scenario for AI “breaking loose”?» [LINK] «Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development | Lex Fridman Podcast #371» [VIDEO]
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