Who Is In control Of AI? What An AI Apocalypse May Look Like

Who is in control of AI? - It may already be too late to shut down the existing AI systems that could destroy civilization.

What an AI apocalypse may look like - Scenarios in which artificial intelligence systems degrade critical institutions to the point of collapse seem to me not just likely, but well under way.

 

This episode mentions the short story "Sort By Controversial" by Scott Alexander. Here is the audio version narrated by me:

https://unsong.libsyn.com/sort-by-controversial

 

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Original music by Kevin MacLeod.

 

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