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10 Reasons to Ignore AI Safety
Robert Miles goes through ten common reasons people give for dismissing AI safety, adapted from Stuart Russell's list, and answers each one. It is aimed at skeptics and newcomers.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters link it as a compact rebuttal to dismissive arguments and as a way to see why people consider AI safety important.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Robert Miles AI Safety
- Topic
- ai safety
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I don't think you spent enough time checking, he's a person with a PHD precisely in AI safety! The type of reasoning you're displaying is addressed in another video: [VIDEO]
sabellito on Hacker News · 2022-08
In John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M roundIt’s arguable whether it’s actually improbable. Many people, including (and seemingly especially) experts think it’s likely or even inevitable. This video might be interesting to see some arguments for why people think it’s important: [VIDEO]
circuit10 on Hacker News · 2024-05
In OpenAI created a team to control 'superintelligent' AI – then let it wither
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