Review of Waking Up #116: AI RACING TOWARD THE BRINK

Official Notes:

In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Eliezer Yudkowsky about the nature of intelligence, different types of AI, the “alignment problem," IS vs OUGHT, the possibility that future AI might deceive us, the AI arms race, conscious AI, coordination problems, and other topics.

The one thing I got out of this is that there’s an unknown number of brilliant solutions to problems that afflict millions of people but if there’s no exploitable market for it then no one has published their solutions such as using 100 lightbulbs to alleviate Seasonal Affective Disorder.

I have little interest in the idea that AI will run out of control soon. Why? Because it's inevitable. Like the next idiotic thing Trump will do.