[ExI] Eliezer Yudkowsky New Interview - 20 Feb 2023

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Yudkowsky has good reasons for his doomsaying, but I still can’t shake a gut feeling that he is overestimating the probability of AI destroying humanity. Maybe this gut feeling is off but I can’t help but be mostly optimistic.

> On Feb 26, 2023, at 7:35 AM, BillK via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> Eliezer has done a long interview (1 hr. 49 mins!) explaining his
> reasoning behind the dangers of AI. The video has over 800 comments.
> 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA1sNLL6yg4>
> Quotes:
> We wanted to do an episode on AI… and we went deep down the rabbit
> hole. As we went down, we discussed ChatGPT and the new generation of
> AI, digital superintelligence, the end of humanity, and if there’s
> anything we can do to survive.
> This conversation with Eliezer Yudkowsky sent us into an existential
> crisis, with the primary claim that we are on the cusp of developing
> AI that will destroy humanity.
> Be warned before diving into this episode, dear listener.
> Once you dive in, there’s no going back.
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> 
> One comment -
> 
> Mikhail Samin    6 days ago (edited)
> Thank you for doing this episode!
> Eliezer saying he had cried all his tears for humanity back in 2015,
> and has been trying to do something for all these years, but humanity
> failed itself, is possibly the most impactful podcast moment I’ve ever
> experienced.
> He’s actually better than the guy from Don’t Look Up: he is still
> trying to fight.
> I agree there’s a very little chance, but something literally
> astronomically large is at stake, and it is better to die with
> dignity, trying to increase the chances of having a future even by the
> smallest amount.
> The raw honesty and emotion from a scientist who, for good reasons,
> doesn't expect humanity to survive despite all his attempts is
> something you can rarely see.
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> 
> BillK
> 
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