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Loss of control of AI is not a likely source of AI x-risk

This post attempts to set out my views on why I don't find technical alignment to be a pressing issue, compared to more mundane AI risks like human misuse. It represents my personal views only, as someone who is not in AI research. I would appreciate any and all feedback....

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Loss of control of AI is not a likely source of AI x-risk

This post attempts to set out my views on why I don't find technical alignment to be a pressing issue, compared to more mundane AI risks like human misuse. It represents my personal views only, as someone who is not in AI research. I would appreciate any and all feedback....

Nov 7, 2022-6

Loss of control of AI is not a likely source of AI x-risk

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This post attempts to set out my views on why I don't find technical alignment to be a pressing issue, compared to more mundane AI risks like human misuse. It represents my personal views only, as someone who is not in AI research. I would appreciate any and all feedback.

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A profound economic transformation through AI is a lot more likely to happen through various implementations of narrow AI, rather than artificial general intelligence (AGI).
An alternative way to frame this view is that if both are possible, then narrow AI transformation happens earlier in the timeline, with AGI in the distant long-term. In this scenario, risks like robustness, bias, and human

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