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Why Not Just: Think of AGI Like a Corporation?

Robert Miles AI Safety · explainer · Watch on YouTube

AI safety, AGI & impact

What it is

Robert Miles asks whether corporations can be thought of as artificial general superintelligences and how far the analogy holds. He argues the differences, such as being limited by employees' capabilities, matter for AI safety.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as an accessible rebuttal to the claim that AI risk is just corporate risk.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's some actual insight on the topic”

    Actual insight on the AGI risk argument.

    Veedrac, 2020-02 · Recommendation · in “AI thinks like a corporation (2018)”

  2. “He presents the material in a very interesting and accessible way.”

    Accessible look at whether corporations are superintelligence.

    stupidcar, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “DeepMind AI reading list [pdf]”

  3. “Robert Miles has an interesting response to the claim that corporations are AIs”

    Argues corporations are limited by their employees' capabilities.

    jengleton, 2020-07 · Recommendation · in “Dude, You Broke the Future (2017)”

  4. “There's a good video by Robert Miles about that”

    Asks whether corporations are artificial general superintelligences.

    HaukeHi, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “It looks like you’re trying to take over the world”

  5. “these are some ways it could be very different.”

    Explains how AGI differs from corporations.

    WhitneyLand, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “We could stumble into AI catastrophe”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: agi, corporations, ai risk, superintelligence, robert miles

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