AI and Existential Risk - Overview and Discussion

A special non-news episode in which Andrey and Jeremie discussion AI X-Risk! Please let us know if you'd like use to record more of this sort of thing by emailing [email protected] or commenting whether you listen. Outline: (00:00) Intro(03:55) Topic overview(10:22) Definitions of terms(35:25) AI X-Risk scenarios(41:00) Pathways to Extinction(52:48) Relevant assumptions(58:45) Our positions on AI X-Risk(01:08:10) General Debate(01:31:25) Positive/Negative transfer(01:37:40) X-Risk within 5 years (01:46:50) Can we control an AGI(01:55:22) AI Safety Aesthetics(02:00:53) Recap(02:02:20) Outer vs inner alignment(02:06:45) AI safety and policy today(02:15:35) Outro Links Taxonomy of Pathways to Dangerous AI Clarifying AI X-risk Existential Risks and Global Governance Issues Around AI and Robotics Current and Near-Term AI as a Potential Existential Risk Factor AI x-risk, approximately ordered by embarrassment Classification of Global Catastrophic Risks Connected with Artificial Intelligence X-Risk Analysis for AI Research The Alignment Problem from a Deep Learning Perspective