#131 Toby Ord - Will AI Destroy Humanity?
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Episode #131 Toby Ord - Will AI Destroy Humanity?
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Toby Ord is an Australian philosopher. In 2009 he founded Giving What We Can, an international society whose members pledge to donate at least 10% of their income to effective charities, and is a key figure in the effective altruism movement, which promotes using reason and evidence to help the lives of others as much as possible.
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TIMESTAMPS
(0:00) What Existential Risks Does AI Pose?
(8:57) How AI Systems Lie to Us
(26:04) Why We Should Be Worried About AI
(33:28) What Does It Mean for AI System to “Want” Something?
(43:41) AI Weapons and Nuclear Warfare
(48:57) Where Should We Focus Our Resources?
(53:35) What Policies Should We Enact?
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