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[Link] Max Tegmark and Nick Bostrom Speak About AI Risk at UN International Security Event

10 Post author: Gram_Stone 13 October 2015 11:25PM

Comments (10)

Comment author: username2 14 October 2015 04:29:44AM 4 points [-]

To be fair, it seems that recently almost everyone can speak before a some kind of UN panel.

Comment author: Thomas 15 October 2015 09:22:34AM 1 point [-]

Which is good. The last thing I want is the UN to mess with AI. So, if it is just another UN panel, I don't have to worry.

Comment author: Soothsilver 15 October 2015 05:49:45PM 1 point [-]

Nick Bostrom seems to think it's useful to alert the UN to AI. The UN is currently the best thing we have that handles international cooperation.

Comment author: Soothsilver 16 October 2015 10:44:36PM 0 points [-]

I'm toning back my response. Nick had said previously that he didn't think policy action could help the field of AI now (except perhaps more funding) but that it could help prevent other existential risks. There still has to be some reason why he made this talk, though.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 14 October 2015 06:51:26AM *  6 points [-]

The buffering issues seem to affect only video not audio.

Nick Bostrom's part starts at 2:15.

Indeed as it says on the tin. Interesting to notice how they phrase AI risk in terms of CBRN and esp. use robotics and drones as a spring board.

They will organize an AI master class later the year in the netherlands.

Comment author: Gram_Stone 14 October 2015 05:45:31PM 2 points [-]

They will organize an AI master class later the year in the netherlands.

What does that mean?

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 14 October 2015 08:50:05PM *  1 point [-]

I guess something like this about AI risk. It was mentioned briefly in the video and I though it might interest somebody (as did this one).

Comment author: Gram_Stone 14 October 2015 09:19:47PM 3 points [-]

It is interesting. Something like that seems like it would be extremely high-impact.

I can't believe how awareness has shot up. I thought it would remain a phenomenon in popular culture; now the global elite is taking it seriously and is being educated in various levels of detail about the problem.

Comment author: Gram_Stone 16 October 2015 03:55:02PM 1 point [-]

Added a YouTube link to the OP.