[ExI] Yudkowsky in Time on AI Open Letter.

Gadersd gadersd at gmail.com
Thu Mar 30 23:19:47 UTC 2023


> I just watched Eliezer's interview with Lex Fridman. It was posted on YouTube today. Worth a watch.

I found it hilarious that Eliezer’s advice for young people is to not expect a long life (end of video). He’s really become a ray of sunshine.

> On Mar 30, 2023, at 5:20 PM, Gordon Swobe via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> I just watched Eliezer's interview with Lex Fridman. It was posted on YouTube today. Worth a watch.
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaTRHFaaPG8&t=4656s <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaTRHFaaPG8&t=4656s>
> 
> -gts
> 
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 12:49 PM Darin Sunley via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>> wrote:
> https://time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-open-letter-not-enough/ <https://time.com/6266923/ai-eliezer-yudkowsky-open-letter-not-enough/>
> 
> We live in a timeline where Eliezer Yudkowsky just got published in Time magazine responding to a proposal to halt or at least drastically curtail AI research due to existential risk fears.
> 
> Without commencing on the arguments on either side or the qualities thereof, can I just say how f*cking BONKERS that is?!
> 
> This is the sort of thing that damages my already very put upon and rapidly deteriorating suspension of disbelief.
> 
> If you sent 25-years-ago-me the single sentence "In 2023, Eliezer Yudkowsky will get published in Time magazine responding to a proposal to halt or at least drastically curtail AI research due to existential risk fears." I would probably have concluded I was already in a simulation.
> 
> And I'm not certain I would have been wrong.
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