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As far as I can tell, that guy is not an AI researcher, and his claims are very misinformed. Many knowledgeable people in the industry take existential risk fro
by cousin_it 12y ago
As far as I can tell, that guy is not an AI researcher, and his claims are very misinformed. Many knowledgeable people in the industry take existential risk from AI seriously, e.g. Google's acquisition of DeepMind was conditional on Google creating an AI ethics board specifically against such risks. For a more thorough treatment of the topic, see Bostrom's book "Superintelligence: paths, dangers, strategies".
(Disclaimer: I'm not a full-time AI researcher, but I've done a fair bit of math work for MIRI, so I might be biased toward the Yudkowsky point of view.)