#431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI
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Roman Yampolskiy is an AI safety researcher and author of a new book titled AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00 ) – Introduction
(09:12 ) – Existential risk of AGI
(15:25 ) – Ikigai risk
(23:37 ) – Suffering risk
(27:12 ) – Timeline to AGI
(31:44 ) – AGI turing test
(37:06 ) – Yann LeCun and open source AI
(49:58 ) – AI control
(52:26 ) – Social engineering
(54:59 ) – Fearmongering
(1:04:49 ) – AI deception
(1:11:23 ) – Verification
(1:18:22 ) – Self-improving AI
(1:30:34 ) – Pausing AI development
(1:36:51 ) – AI Safety
(1:46:35 ) – Current AI
(1:51:58 ) – Simulation
(1:59:16 ) – Aliens
(2:00:50 ) – Human mind
(2:07:10 ) – Neuralink
(2:16:15 ) – Hope for the future
(2:20:11 ) – Meaning of life
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