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Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris

TED · talk · Watch on YouTube

AI safety, AGI & impact

What it is

Sam Harris argues in a TED talk that we will build superhuman AI and have not grappled with the risk of creating something that may treat us the way we treat ants. He makes a logical case for taking AI risk seriously.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it in AI risk debates, sometimes as an argument that has aged well and sometimes as an example of alarmist framing.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “(Worth a watch if you have 15 mins).”

    Logical case for AI risk that has aged well

    billti, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “Douglas Hofstadter changes his mind on Deep Learning and AI risk”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: superintelligence, ai safety, sam harris, ted talk, existential risk

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