"Cognitive Security as an AI Safety Cause Area" by jsteinhardt
About this episode
The episode discusses the risks to human cognitive security posed by advanced AI systems.
As AI systems become more capable, the cognitive security of humans will be increasingly at risk. By cognitive security, I mean the ability of humans to maintain control over their beliefs and actions. Cognitive security could be compromised in several ways: AI could become very good at persuading people of arbitrary positions; interacting with AI could lead humans to lose touch with reality; and AIs could become very effective at blackmail or at producing extremely convincing false inform...
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