# Will superintelligent AI end the world?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2023
- Speaker: Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/eliezer_yudkowsky_will_superintelligent_ai_end_the_world)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Decision theorist Eliezer Yudkowsky has a simple message: superintelligent AI could probably kill us all. So the question becomes: Is it possible to build powerful artificial minds that are obedient, even benevolent? In a fiery talk, Yudkowsky explores why we need to act immediately to ensure smarter-than-human AI systems don't lead to our extinction.

## Lectures

1. [Will superintelligent AI end the world?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/eliezer_yudkowsky_will_superintelligent_ai_end_the_world/8957d563b4ad), 11 min (TED's player)