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    10 Reasons to Ignore AI Safety

    Robert Miles AI Safety

    2 HN recommenders · recommended in 3 months, 2022–2024

    YouTube

    16:29 · 363K views · Jun 4, 2020

    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.

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

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @circuit10May 2024· in “OpenAI created a team to control 'superintelligent' AI – then let it wither”

      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: this video

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    2. @sabellitoAug 2022· in “John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round”

      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: this video

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    3. @pixl97Feb 2023· in “ChatGPT get-rich-quick schemes are coming for magazines, Amazon, and YouTube”

      >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. this video

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