10 Reasons to Ignore AI Safety
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters link it as a compact rebuttal to dismissive arguments and as a way to see why people consider AI safety important.
What it is
Robert Miles goes through ten common reasons people give for dismissing AI safety, adapted from Stuart Russell's list, and answers each one. It is aimed at skeptics and newcomers.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2022 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Recommends sabellito · 2022-08 · on “John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round”
I don't think you spent enough time checking, he's a person with a PHD precisely in AI safety! The type of reasoning you're displaying is addressed in another video: [this video]
Recommends circuit10 · 2024-05 · on “OpenAI created a team to control 'superintelligent' AI – then let it wither”
It’s arguable whether it’s actually improbable. Many people, including (and seemingly especially) experts think it’s likely or even inevitable. This video might be interesting to see some arguments for why people think it’s important: [this video]
Cites pixl97 · 2023-02 · on “ChatGPT get-rich-quick schemes are coming for magazines, Amazon, and YouTube”
>but we should wait and see what happens. Most AI alignment and safety people would disagree with you there. Robert Miles - 10 Reasons to Ignore AI Safety. [this video]