Yes, We Are Worried About the Existential Risk of Artificial Intelligence
An essay by Allan Dafoe and Stuart Russell, MIT Technology Review, dated 2 November 2016. Date in the article address (technologyreview.com/2016/11/02/…).
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- No, the Experts Don't Think Superintelligent AI is a Threat to HumanityDafoe and Russell's essay of 2 November 2016 answers Etzioni's essay of 20 September 2016, which it names.2016-11-02 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Etzioni, MIT Technology Review (2016): document page →
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- Existential risk from misalignment or loss of controlDafoe and Russell's essay of 2 November 2016 states that the existential risk from AI arises from deploying an optimisation process more intelligent than the humans who specified its objectives, not from spontaneous malevolence.2016-11-02 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Existential risk from misalignment or loss of control: propositions page →
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- Risk claims are speculative or unfalsifiableDafoe and Russell's essay of 2 November 2016, answering Etzioni, argues that pointing to long-term AI risks does not assert that they are imminent, and that catastrophic risks should not be ignored because most experts place them more than 25 years away.2016-11-02 · publication · Stated in source · Supported Inspect claim & evidence ↗Risk claims are speculative or unfalsifiable: propositions page →
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