Reasonable Reasons to NOT be THAT Worried about AI Doomsday

Edit: I wrote this post a while ago, when I wasn't as well-read on the theory of AI alignment, and my positions weren't all fully formulated. I would still agree with maybe 80% of what's written here. I hope you get value from it. But if you come to the opinion that I'm misunderstanding something, … Continue reading Reasonable Reasons to NOT be THAT Worried about AI Doomsday →

Malevolent Artificial Intelligence (Sam Harris is Wrong, Part 4)

I don't think this post was very good as originally written. However, it is part 4 in a multi-part series, so in lieu of deleting it, I have re-written the arguments I made as part of a larger post, here. The arguments from this post made it into part 1 and part 4. There is … Continue reading Malevolent Artificial Intelligence (Sam Harris is Wrong, Part 4) →

If we design strong AI, it might not take over the world. It might just sit around masturbating.

The arguments of this article have been re-written here in section 3.