#312 — The Trouble with AI

Sam Harris speaks with Stuart Russell and Gary Marcus about
recent developments in artificial intelligence and the long-term
risks of producing artificial general intelligence (AGI). They
discuss the limitations of Deep Learning, the surprising power of
narrow AI, ChatGPT, a possible misinformation apocalypse, the
problem of instantiating human values, the business model of the
Internet, the meta-verse, digital provenance, using AI to control
AI, the control problem, emergent goals, locking down core
values, programming uncertainty about human values into AGI, the
prospects of slowing or stopping AI progress, and other topics.


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