The video is about extrapolating the future of AI progress, following a timeline that starts from today's chatbots to future AI that's vastly smarter than all of humanity combined–with God-like capabilities. We argue that such AIs will pose a significant extinction risk to humanity.

This video came out of a partnership between Rational Animations and ControlAI. The script was written by Arthur Frost (one of Rational Animations’ writers) with Andrea Miotti as an adaptation of key points from The Compendium (thecompendium.ai), with extensive feedback and rounds of iteration from ControlAI. ControlAI is working to raise public awareness of AI extinction risk—moving the conversation forward to encourage governments to take action.

You can find the script of the video below.

In 2023, Nobel Prize winners, top AI scientists, and even the CEOs of leading AI companies signed a statement which said “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be [...]

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Outline:

(04:31) Artificial Intelligence leads to Artificial General Intelligence

(07:01) Artificial General Intelligence leads to Recursive Self-Improvement

(08:40) Recursive Self-Improvement leads to Artificial Superintelligence

(10:46) ASI leads to godlike AI

(12:41) The Default Path

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First published:
May 2nd, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MCaqKAfSn345MCz7o/ra-x-controlai-video-what-if-ai-just-keeps-getting-smarter

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