...has someone had a polite word with them about not killing all humans by sheer accident?
Shane Legg is familiar with AI risks. So is Jaan Tallinn, a top donor of MIRI, who is also associated with DeepMind. I suppose they will talk about their fears with Google.
Actually, there does seem to have been a very quiet press release about this acquisition resulting in a DeepMind ethics board.
So that's a relief.
So I know we've already seen them buying a bunch of ML and robotics companies, but now they're purchasing Shane Legg's AGI startup. This is after they've acquired Boston Dynamics, several smaller robotics and ML firms, and started their own life-extension firm.
Is it just me, or are they trying to make Accelerando or something closely related actually happen? Given that they're buying up real experts and not just "AI is inevitable" prediction geeks (who shall remain politely unnamed out of respect for their real, original expertise in machine learning), has someone had a polite word with them about not killing all humans by sheer accident?