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Nate Soares discusses the existential risks posed by superintelligent AI and the challenges of AI alignment.

Get all sides of every story and be better informed at ⁠https://ground.news/AlexOC⁠ - subscribe for 40% off unlimited access. For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: ⁠ https://www.alexoconnor.com⁠ . Nate Soares is an American artificial intelligence author and researcher known for his work on existential risk from AI. In 2014, Soares co-authored a paper that introduced the term AI alignment, the challenge of making increasingly capable AI’s behave as intended. Nate is the president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, a research nonprofit based in Berkeley, California. Get the book, ⁠If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All⁠ . TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Is This an Exaggeration? (04:31) What Is Unique About the Threat of AI? (11:28) What is Superintelligence? (21:25) From Chess Computers to Murderous Machines (27:52) What Really Drives AI Systems? (44:29) Evidence AI Is Already Turning Against Us (56:03) How We Are Helping AI Take Over (01:01:21) Why Would AI Seek Power or Control? (01:07:42) Some Worst-Case AI Scenarios (01:18:38) What Do We Do About This Now? (01:32:53) How Has AI Changed in…

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