The Man Who Wrote The Book On AI: 2030 Might Be The Point Of No Return! We've Been Lied To About AI!
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AI Expert STUART RUSSELL, exposes the trillion-dollar AI race, why governments won’t regulate, how AGI could replace humans by 2030, and why only a nuclear-level AI catastrophe will wake us up Professor Stuart Russell O.B.E. is a world-renowned AI expert and Computer Science Professor at UC Berkeley. He holds the Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering and directs the Center for Human-Compatible AI, and is also the bestselling author of the book “Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control". He explains: ◼️What the “gorilla problem” reveals about our future under superintelligent AI ◼️How governments are outfunded by Big Tech ◼️Why current AI systems already lie and self-preserve ◼️The radical solution he’s spent a decade building to make AI safe ◼️The myth of ‘pulling the plug’ and why AI won’t be that easy to stop [00:00] You've Been Talking About AI for a Long Time [02:54] You Wrote the Textbook on AI [03:29] It Will Take a Crisis to Wake People Up [06:03] CEOs Staying in the AI Race Despite Risks [08:04] They Know It's an Extinction-Level Risk [10:06] What Is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? [13:10] Will We Reach General Intelligence Soon? [16:26] How Much Is Safety Really Being Implemented [17:29] AI Safety Employees Leaving OpenAI [18:14] The Gorilla Problem — The Most Intelligent Species Will Always Rule [19:34] If There's an Extinction Risk, Why Don't They Stop? [21:02] Can't We Just Pull the Plug if AI Gets Too Powerful? [22:49] Can We Build AI That Will Act in Our Best Interests? [24:09] Are You Troubled by the Rapid Advancement of AI? [26:48] Do You Have Regrets About Your Involvement? [27:35] No One Actually Understands How This AI Works [30:36] AI Will Be Able to Train Itself [32:24] The Fast Takeoff Is Coming [34:20] Are We Creating Our Successor and Ending the Human Race? [38:36] Advice to Young People in This New World [40:52] How Do You Think AI Would Make Us Extinct? [42:33] The Problem if No One Has to Work [45:59] What if We Just Entertain Ourselves All Day [48:43] Why Do We Make Robots Look Like Humans? [56:44] What Should Young People Be Doing Professionally? [59:56] What Is It to Be Human? [01:03:34] The Rise of Individualism [01:05:34] Ads [01:06:39] Universal Basic Income [01:08:41] Would You Press a Button to Stop AI Forever? [01:15:13] But Won't China Win the AI Race if We Stop? [01:18:40] Trump's Approach to AI [01:19:06] What's Causing the Loss in Middle-Class Jobs [01:21:02] What Will Happen if the UK Doesn't Participate in the AI Race? [01:23:31] Amazon Replacing Their Workers [01:29:00] Ads [01:30:54] Experts Agree on Extinction Risk [01:38:01] What if Aliens Were Watching Us Right Now [01:39:35] Can We Make AI Systems That We Can Control? [01:43:14] Are We Creating a God? [01:47:32] Could There Have Been Advanced Civilisations Before Us? [01:48:50] What Can We Do to Help? [01:50:43] You Wrote the Book on AI — Does It Weigh on You? [01:58:48] What Do You Value Most in Life? Follow Stuart: LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3Y5fOos You can purchase “Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control", here: https://amzn.to/48eOMkH The Diary Of A CEO: ◼️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ◼️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ◼️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ◼️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ◼️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ◼️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Pipedrive - https://pipedrive.com/CEO Fiverr: https://fiverr.com/diary and get 10% off your first order when you use code DIARY Stan Store: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. For Official Rules, visit https://DaretoDream.stan.store
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