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Yoshua Bengio discusses his views on building safe superintelligence and the implications of AI on society.

This is a link post. By Robert Wiblin | Watch on Youtube | Listen on Spotify | Read transcript Episode summary I want my children to live in a world where they will have a future and there will be a democracy for them to live in. Even a 1% chance of something going really, really bad is not acceptable to me. So I think it is really important that we explore all the possible promising ways to solve the technical issues. … The stakes are so high, we should try multiple approaches. — Yoshua Bengio Hundreds of millions already turn to AI on the most personal of topics — therapy, political opinions, and how to treat others. And as AI takes over more of the economy, the character of these systems will shape culture on an even grander scale, ultimately becoming “the personality of most of the world's workforce.” The co-inventor of modern AI and the most cited living scientist believes he's figured out how to ensure AI is honest, incapable of deception, and never goes rogue. Yoshua Bengio — Turing Award Winner and founder of LawZero — is disturbed by the many unintended drives and goals present [...] --- Outline: (00:21) Episode summary (03:11) Highlights (03:15) Can Scientist AI become…

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Host: Robert Wiblin

Guest: Yoshua Bengio

Topics covered

• AI safety
• superintelligence
• technology
• ethics
• future of work

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Organizations: LawZero, Youtube, Spotify

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