Essays
The White House Is Part of AI Risk
The latest news from the White House only goes to show that it doesn’t understand AI risk, or is unwilling to do something meaningful about it.
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AIs Learning From Other AIs
AIs studying one another is like a giant digital game of telephone in which a statement is modified every time it’s shared.
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AI Is Harvesting Our Humanity
By making our lives more convenient, the Internet has made it easier for AI to study us.
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We’re Clueless About AI
A recent survey said that we’re slightly pessimistic about AI’s impact on the world even as we imagine it will invent new medical treatments and “economic empowerment” (whatever that means). More than a third of us expect AI to wipe out human civilization.