#129 Will MacAskill - We're Not Ready for Artificial General Intelligence
· 1 h 19 min
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William MacAskill is a Scottish philosopher and author, as well as one of the originators of the effective altruism movement. Get his book. What We Owe the Future, here.
TIMESTAMPS
(0:00) The World Isn’t Ready for AGI
(9:12) What Does AGI Doomsday Look Like?
(16:13) Alignment is Not Enough
(19:28) How AGI Could Cause Government Coups
(27:14) Why Isn’t There More Widespread Panic?
(33:55) What Can We Do?
(40:11) If We Stop, China Won’t
(47:43) What is Currently Being Done to Regulate AGI Growth?
(51:03) The Problem of “Value Lock-in”
(01:05:03) Is Inaction a Form of Action?
(01:08:47) Should Effective Altruists Focus on AGI?
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