How We Prevent the AI’s from Killing us with Paul Christiano
What it is
A Bankless podcast interview with Paul Christiano of the Alignment Research Center on the AI alignment problem and possible solutions. It also covers his views on how an AI takeover might unfold.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN links it as a balanced, full-length interview with a leading alignment researcher on AI risk.
- 1 people recommended it
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- 0 strong recommendations
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What HN commenters said
“Also this whole interview was pretty interesting.”
Balanced take on AI risk from Christiano
barking_biscuit, 2023-05 · Recommendation · in “Hugging Face Releases Agents”
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Topics: paul christiano, ai risk, alignment, ai takeover, openai
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