"Andrew Ng (I believe) compared worrying about evil AI to worrying about overpopulation on Mars." Berkeley AI prof Stuart Russell's response goes something lik

"Andrew Ng (I believe) compared worrying about evil AI to worrying about overpopulation on Mars." Berkeley AI prof Stuart Russell's response goes something like: Let's say that in the same way Silicon Valley companies are pouring money in to advancing AI, the nations of the world were pouring money in to sending people to Mars. But the world's nations aren't spending any money on critical questions like what people are going to eat & breathe once they get there. Or if you look at global warming, it would have been nice if people realized it was going to be a problem and started working on it much earlier than we did.