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Deadly Truth of General AI? - Computerphile

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AI safety, AGI & impact

What it is

A Computerphile video in which Rob Miles warns against assuming a general AI will think like a human. He uses the thought experiment of a stamp-collecting AI to show how a goal-driven system could pursue its aim with dangerous results.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Often pointed to as an accessible first introduction to AI safety and why a superintelligent AI could be dangerous.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “I recommend watching the previous video first, which introduces the problem of strong-AI rapidly finding solutions”

    Intro to strong-AI finding solutions against humanity's interest

    pdkl95, 2016-03 · Recommendation · in “Why AlphaGo Is Such a Big Deal”

  2. “There's a great Computerphile video from 2015 that introduced me to the idea of AI safety awhile ago.”

    Introduced commenter to AI safety; useful context for article

    johncs, 2022-12 · Recommendation · in “Perhaps It Is a Bad Thing That the Leading AI Companies Cannot Control Their AIs”

  3. “for a really interesting video on why a theoretical superintelligent AI would be dangerous”

    Why a theoretical superintelligent AI would be dangerous

    circuit10, 2023-04 · Recommendation · in “Stability AI Launches the First of Its StableLM Suite of Language Models”

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Topics: agi, rob miles, stamp collector, superintelligence, alignment

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