AI

High level sketch of possible AI futures and methods for exploring them.

Our interview features an excellent and mostly grounded exploration of how artificial intelligence could become a threat as a result of the cybersecurity arms race.

Limits of brain size measures in the study of brain-behavior across species, and suggestions for alternative research approaches.

On this month’s podcast, Ariel spoke with FLI co-founder Victoria Krakovna and Shahar Avin from the Center for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER). They talk about CSER’s recent report on forecasting, preventing, and mitigating the malicious uses of AI, along with the many efforts to ensure safe and beneficial AI.

Have Security & Privacy Risks Become the Ultimate Obstacle for AI & its Rapid Growth?

Overview of short and long term, accident and malicious use risks.

Risks and responses to near-term malicious use of AI/ML.

Rob and Shahar play the Civ V Superintelligence Mod

Describing the Civ V Superintelligence Mod

A mod that replaces the space victory with a science victory brought about by building an aligned artificial superintelligence. Adds the risk of developing an unaligned artificial superintelligence, which leads to human extinction. Developed by [Shai Shapira](https://shaishapira.com/).