Deadly Truth of General AI? - Computerphile

Computerphile · 941.1K views · 2015-06-17 · 8:30

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Overview

A Computerphile video in which Rob Miles warns against assuming a general AI will think like a human. He uses the thought experiment of a stamp-collecting AI to show how a goal-driven system could pursue its aim with dangerous results.

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Often pointed to as an accessible first introduction to AI safety and why a superintelligent AI could be dangerous.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2016–2024

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AI safety, AGI & impact

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circuit10 · 2023-04 · Recommendation
But the concerns about AI taking over the world are valid and important; even if they sound silly at first, there is some very solid reasoning behind it. They’re big matrices, yes, but they’re Turing-complete which means they can theoretically do any computational task See [VIDEO] for a really interesting video on why a theoretical superintelligent AI would be dangerous, and when you factor in that these models could self-improve and approach that level of intelligence it gets worrying…
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circuit10 · 2023-04 · Recommendation
"those non-problems" Why is that a non-problem? It's a really important concern that we need to take more seriously I pasted this from another comment I wrote but: The concerns about AI taking over the world are valid and important; even if they sound silly at first, there is some very solid reasoning behind it. See [VIDEO] for a really interesting video on why a theoretical superintelligent AI would be dangerous, and when you factor in that these models could self-improve and approach that level of intelligence it gets worrying…
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johncs · 2022-12 · Recommendation
There's a great Computerphile video from 2015 that introduced me to the idea of AI safety awhile ago. It seems like some good context to this article: [VIDEO]
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