Yoshua Bengio's comments in the Facebook thread on instrumental convergence (2019)
A comment by Yoshua Bengio, dated 4 October 2019. Known from the LessWrong copy of 4 October 2019; the comments themselves are undated.
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- Yann LeCun's comments in the Facebook thread on instrumental convergence (2019)Bengio's comment in the 2019 thread replies to LeCun's points on designing objectives.2019-10-04 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗LeCun, comments in the Facebook thread on instrumental convergence (2019): document page →
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- Yann LeCun's comments in the Facebook thread on instrumental convergence (2019)LeCun's comment in the 2019 thread replies to Bengio's summary of the debate.2019-10-04 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗LeCun, comments in the Facebook thread on instrumental convergence (2019): document page →
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- Catastrophic risk from misuseBengio's comments in the 2019 thread state that even if rogue AI from value misalignment can be mitigated, a single person acting greedily for power could unleash dangerous AIs, and that the misalignment of powerful people or companies with the common good can lead to catastrophic outcomes.2019-10-04 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Catastrophic risk from misuse: propositions page →
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- Advanced AI can be kept under control by designBengio's comments in the 2019 thread agree that machines' objectives can be designed and trained, and state that AI systems surpassing human intellectual power could foil attempts at setting objectives that avoid harm, which calls for more research on value alignment.2019-10-04 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Advanced AI can be kept under control by design: propositions page →
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