I agree with Yann on this. The risk of human extinction within 30 years is extremely low — it likely requires making Earth inhospitable to human life, so that it’s not possible even for small pockets of humans to survive. This could happen from global thermonuclear war,
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Why Big Tech Really Wants AI Regulations: Liability Protection
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I suspect that Andrew Ng and Yann LeCun have missed the main reason why the big companies want regulations. Years ago the founder of a self-driving company told me that he liked safety regulations because if you satisfied them it reduced your legal liability for accidents.
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Understanding Over Experience: Novel Risk Management Strategy
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Risk management of things that are totally novel and for which you have zero experience and little understanding is very different from normal risk management. In the absence of any experience, understanding is all you have. I'd go with whoever has the best understanding.
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Tech Trinity: AI, Quantum, and BioTech Reshape Global Economy
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Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Tech, and Bio Tech will make monumental shifts in the world. This new Tech Trinity will redefine our economy, both threaten and fortify our national security, and revolutionize our intelligence community. None of us are ready for this.
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Model Transparency and Training Data Release Critical for AI Accountability
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They really need to release their model and full transcripts to see what happened, but I'd be extremely shocked if the model described anything not already in the training data.
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AI Safety Summit: Nations and Institutions Unite for Safe AI
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Today at the #AISafetySummit my co-chair #GPAI Minister Yoichi Iida and incoming chair India the hon. Mr Abhishek Singh celebrating that all nations and AI institutions will work together for a safe AI. @AISafetySummit @_DigitalIndia @OfficialINDIAai @JAPANinUK @FCDOGovUK
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Public Chemistry Resources Access Without Surveillance Implications
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The textbooks used by chemistry students, along with the papers they're based on, are publicly available, and you don't go on a list.
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Montreal AI Ecosystem Pioneering Solutions to AI Safety
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White House demonstrates balanced AI safety and innovation leadership
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Ensuring safe AI requires proactive AND pro-innovation leadership. Good to see that being demonstrated by the White House. https://
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Anthropic CEO shares Responsible Scaling Policy principles at UK summit
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Our CEO, Dario Amodei, shared the guiding principles behind Anthropic's Responsible Scaling Policy at the UK AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park this afternoon. Read his remarks: