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AI Could Defeat All Of Us Combined

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The original series focused on why and how this could be the most important century for humanity. The new series will get much more specific about the kinds of events that might lie ahead of us, and what actions today look most likely to be helpful. Many people have trouble taking this "misaligned AI" possibility seriously.

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AI Safety Seems Hard to Measure

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In previous pieces, I argued that there's a real and large risk of AI systems' developing dangerous goals of their own and defeating all of humanity - at least in the absence of specific efforts to prevent this from happening. Unfortunately, I think it could be hard to know either way.

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High-level hopes for AI alignment

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In previous pieces, I argued that there's a real and large risk of AI systems' aiming to defeat all of humanity combined - and succeeding. I then argued that countermeasures could be challenging, due to some key difficulties of AI safety research.

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Introduction to Gemini Pro Vision

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Home Table of Contents Introduction to Gemini Pro Vision Google AI Studio Creating a Prompt Using Google AI Studio Gemini Pro Vision API Summary Citation Information Introduction to Gemini Pro Vision In this tutorial, you will learn how to get started with Gemini Pro Vision.

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Why Would AI "Aim" To Defeat Humanity?

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I’ve argued that AI systems could defeat all of humanity combined, if (for whatever reason) they were directed toward that goal. The highest-level summary of the concern is this (slightly longer summary below): Modern AI development is essentially based on “training” via trial-and-error.

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How we could stumble into AI catastrophe

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This post will lay out a couple of stylized stories about how, if transformative AI is developed relatively soon, this could result in global catastrophe. (By People do try to “test” AI systems for safety, and they do need to achieve some level of “safety” to commercialize.

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Transformative AI issues (not just misalignment): an overview

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If this ends up being the most important century due to advanced AI, what are the key factors in whether things go well or poorly? Enough advances in technology could lead to a long-lasting, galaxy-wide civilization that could be a radical utopia, dystopia, or anything in between. But right now, we aren't ready for this.

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