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29 October 2023 23h57

Another comment to a tweet from @tegmark asking me (again) why I think AI won't kill us all, and claiming that the question of existential risk is disconnected from the question of open source AI.

AI Safety and Existential Risks Without Proper Safeguards

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29 October 2023 23h31

Are rocket engines capable of doom or not?
In some stupid scenarios, they are.
Build thousands of nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles, and launch them. Is AI capable of doom or not? In some stupid scenarios, they are.
Build powerful AI systems without guardrails to make

Jaan Talinn funds major AI existential risk research institutes

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29 October 2023 23h21

Max Tegmark is the President of the Board of the Future of Life Institute, which is bankrolled by billionaire and Skype and Kazaa co-founder Jaan Talinn.
Talinn also bankrolls the Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, the Future of Humanity Institute, the Global

Open Source AI Safety Risks and Regulatory Concerns

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29 October 2023 23h02

The reason that (2) is in question and open source AI R&D is threatened is (1). Those questions are not disconnected. If you ask "give me arguments for why turbojets and rocket engines won't kill people", I could respond by pointing to a dozen treatises on how to design and

Could Open Source SkyNet Have Prevented Terminator Takeover?

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29 October 2023 22h35

Since many AI doom scenarios sound like science fiction, let me ask this:
Could the SkyNet take-over in Terminator have happened if SkyNet had been open source?

Responsible AI Development in Public Sector Leadership

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29 October 2023 19h39

This journey has just begun. I look forward to hearing about the EO tomorrow. But furthermore, it is our generation’s critical opportunity and responsibility to ensure the continued responsible AI development in the public sector. I am so proud of the work by @StanfordHAI N/

Senate testimony advocates for public sector AI investment

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29 October 2023 19h37

I testified in the Senate in September 2023 to continue to effort for advocating for public sector investment in AI 13/

Congress Introduces Create AI Act in July 2023

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29 October 2023 19h35

In July 2023, a new bill called Create AI Act is introduced to Congress 12/

Biden Meeting on Public Sector AI Investment Advocacy

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29 October 2023 19h33

In a meeting with @POTUS President Biden this June, my @StanfordHAI colleague @robreich and I shared our continued advocating for public section AI investment with @POTUS and his team. 11/