Executive summary: To protect humanity from existential risks posed by advanced technologies, we must develop an aligned superintelligent “Guardian AI” to preemptively eliminate these risks, which requires achieving both technical AI alignment and political AI governance.
Key points:
The “vulnerable world hypothesis” posits that beyond a certain level of technological advancement, existential risks to humanity will dramatically increase unless unprecedented preventive measures are taken.
Eliminating existential risks in advance is likely biologically impossible for humans due to the immense challenges involved, such as making accurate long-term predictions and developing defensive technologies.
Delegating the task of protecting humanity to a superintelligent “Guardian AI” is proposed as the only viable solution, as it could preemptively predict and address existential risks.
Two critical conditions must be met to realize a safe and beneficial Guardian AI: solving the technical challenge of “AI alignment” to ensure the AI follows human values and intentions, and establishing the political frameworks for global “AI governance”.
Organizations and decision-makers worldwide should strongly support and prioritize AI alignment research and AI governance initiatives, as they are crucial for safely transitioning to a post-Singularity future.
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Executive summary: To protect humanity from existential risks posed by advanced technologies, we must develop an aligned superintelligent “Guardian AI” to preemptively eliminate these risks, which requires achieving both technical AI alignment and political AI governance.
Key points:
The “vulnerable world hypothesis” posits that beyond a certain level of technological advancement, existential risks to humanity will dramatically increase unless unprecedented preventive measures are taken.
Eliminating existential risks in advance is likely biologically impossible for humans due to the immense challenges involved, such as making accurate long-term predictions and developing defensive technologies.
Delegating the task of protecting humanity to a superintelligent “Guardian AI” is proposed as the only viable solution, as it could preemptively predict and address existential risks.
Two critical conditions must be met to realize a safe and beneficial Guardian AI: solving the technical challenge of “AI alignment” to ensure the AI follows human values and intentions, and establishing the political frameworks for global “AI governance”.
Organizations and decision-makers worldwide should strongly support and prioritize AI alignment research and AI governance initiatives, as they are crucial for safely transitioning to a post-Singularity future.
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