We're Not Ready For Superintelligence - Liron Shapira

Liron Shapira is a Y-Combinator backed tech founder & host of the DoomDebates Show who believes there is a 50% chance AI will make us go extinct.

Is humanity facing extinction from superintelligent AI? Are the world's leading AI companies taking safety seriously enough? What can you and I do about this? And how do we achieve massive progress while surviving?

Look forward to learning why Nobel Prize winners are ringing the alarm about AI risk, how companies like OpenAI deleted their safety teams while working on superintelligence, what "warning shots" you should look for as AI becomes stronger, why todays "alignment" attempts are fundamentally weak, the philosophical question of whether humanity deserves to survive, and much more...

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Liron's Doom Debates Show: ‪@DoomDebates‬

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Hey, my name is Jona. I'm incredibly glad that you found this show! I interview researchers, philosophers, and experts about the most pressing issues we face today and bring their wisdom to you.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Why AI will kill everyone soon
04:54 How do we know if AI has goals?
06:33 What is P(Doom)?
08:48 The dystopian 2050 scenario
12:46 The utopian 2050 scenario
14:24 How do we avoid extinction?
15:09 Are they trying to stop extinction?
20:18 Warning shots during AI development
23:19 What can people do?
28:31 Living with fear of AI doom
32:34 Who can you trust in AI news?
34:04 Responding to counterarguments
38:54 How fear of death influences this debate
40:27 AI welfare laws are a weak attempt
44:24 We don't control AI anymore
53:14 Effective altruism philosophy
56:55 The AI-God ideology of tech leaders
01:00:55 How to figure out your P(Doom)?

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Jona