Reasoning by analogy from the history of technological progress holds some useful lessons, but it also is missing the important distinction that the AI we are concerned about will be fully autonomous, fully capable, and might very well compete with us for resources.
This is the third in a series of columns about artificial intelligence and human destiny. It will cover both existential threats to our civilization as well as the tremendous opportunities that could emerge. Suppose that there are no fundamental obstacles to building artificial intelligence that is fully human-level in both
When fully human-level artificial intelligence is eventually built, most of us would prefer that it behave consistently with human values rather than in opposition to them. This is called “alignment,” and today we’re going to address that topic.
This is the first in a series of columns about artificial intelligence and human destiny. It will cover both existential threats to our civilization as well as the tremendous opportunities that could emerge. Let’s start with the elephant in the room. It seems rather silly, doesn’t it? To
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