Current harms and catastrophic risks are not incompatible. Melanie Mitchell’s reply to Yoshua Bengio in a recent Munk Debate shows how discussions about the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) can often lead to misunderstandings. Of course, she was right. It
Great analysis! Indeed it would be so much more productive if we’d quibble less about AI will go rogue, and more about real policy proposals that mitigate the immediate risks of the current status quo AND future harm (which naturally overlap a good bit).
Great analysis! Indeed it would be so much more productive if we’d quibble less about AI will go rogue, and more about real policy proposals that mitigate the immediate risks of the current status quo AND future harm (which naturally overlap a good bit).
A piece in Foreign Affairs written by Inflection CEO Mustafa Suleyman struck a nice balance at that in my opinion: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/world/artificial-intelligence-power-paradox