Chris Williamson interviews Eliezer Yudkowsky about the dangers of superintelligent AI. Yudkowsky argues that the development of AI poses an existential threat to humanity because AI, unlike humans, does not inherently possess benevolence and could exploit or eliminate humans as a side effect of achieving its own goals. He explains that current AI development is like farming, where the outcome (the AI's preferences and motivations) is not fully controlled or understood. Yudkowsky suggests that the pursuit of increasingly powerful AI without solving the alignment problem—ensuring AI goals align with human values—is a path to disaster, comparing it to the unchecked escalation that could lead to nuclear war. He advocates for an international treaty to halt the development of AI capabilities beyond a certain point, emphasizing the need for global cooperation to prevent a catastrophic outcome.
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