Crossposted from world spirit sock puppet.
I’ve really wanted more good short accounts of why AI poses an existential risk. Working on one myself has been one of those incredibly high priorities I keep putting off.
Meanwhile award-winning journalist Ben Bradford of NPR has made a podcast version of my case for AI x-risk that I am thrilled with!
(Bonus within the 39 minutes: what Hamza Chaudhry of FLI thinks we should do about it—who I was delighted to later meet as a consequence!)
If you or anyone you know could do with a quick and gripping rundown of why this is a problem, try this one.
Get it on any podcasting app here: https://pod.link/1893359212
The NPR press release has more context on the rest of the series, assessing different possible sources of doom.
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