Lex Fridman Podcast
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#431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI

June 2, 2024

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Roman Yampolskiy is an AI safety researcher and author of a new book titled AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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() – Introduction

() – Existential risk of AGI

() – Ikigai risk

() – Suffering risk

() – Timeline to AGI

() – AGI turing test

() – Yann LeCun and open source AI

() – AI control

() – Social engineering

() – Fearmongering

() – AI deception

() – Verification

() – Self-improving AI

() – Pausing AI development

() – AI Safety

() – Current AI

() – Simulation

() – Aliens

() – Human mind

() – Neuralink

() – Hope for the future

() – Meaning of life

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