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Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris

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  • Presented by Sam Harris, neuroscientist and philosopher
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Sam Harris presents a logical argument for taking the risks of superintelligent artificial intelligence seriously before we lose control.

Scared of superintelligent AI? You should be, says neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris -- and not just in some theoretical way. We're going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven't yet grappled with the problems associated with creating something that may treat us the way we treat ants. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

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What people say. Recommended as a compelling and logical introduction to the existential risks of artificial general intelligence.

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billtion Hacker News • Recommends

On “Douglas Hofstadter changes his mind on Deep Learning and AI risk”

…te the next few similar jumps in capability, and assume that won't be 20 years away, then what AI is going to be capable of before even my kids leave college is going to be mind-boggling, and in some possible futures not in a good way. I remember seeing this talk from Sam Harris nearly 6 years ago and it logically making a lot of sense back then ( link to this video ). The past couple of years have made this all the more prescient. (Worth a watch if you have 15 mins).…
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whatyoucantsayon Hacker News • Disputes

On “There's No Fire Alarm for Artificial General Intelligence”

Even people giving TED talks about the threat of AI are unable to marshal an appropriate emotional response to the dangers that lie ahead: link to this video
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bumbyon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Questions about the hard limits of human intelligence”

This made me think about Sam Harris's comparison between ourselves and John Van Neumann as analogous to a comparison between a chicken and ourselves. 1 link to this video
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u/underwatr_cheestrainin r/compsci • Mentions

On “Would AI replace bioinformatic & computational biologist jobs in the future?”

There is nothing you do as a human being that cannot be boiled down to an algorithm that draws from a vast dataset of past experience and sensory data. Take that in. link to this video
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