Mark Bailey and Susan Schneider on AI
2 quotes from Mark Bailey and Susan Schneider on the wall, 2024, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include iai.tv.
The most dangerous system of all
From the same essay, describing an AI system that is emotionally deficient but capable of setting goals and self-improving as potentially the gravest risk.
What it refers to
An AI system lacking empathy or moral judgment yet able to set goals, self-improve, and access critical infrastructure.
Other voices
- Safe superintelligenceIlya SutskeverBuilder19 June 2024
- The genie is possibly out of the bottleYoshua BengioResearcher15 July 2024
- Pull the plug? literally unplug the computer?Eric SchmidtBuilder31 May 2024
- Legislation with real teeth to address the risksGeoffrey HintonResearcher30 August 2024
- Safety is not a model propertyDean W. Ball27 June 2024
The harm to the mind itself – to our very freedom to think
From an essay by Mark Bailey and Susan Schneider in IAI TV, July 2024, arguing that long-term AI risk debates should focus on threats to human cognition rather than Terminator-style scenarios.
What it refers to
The threat the authors argue deserves more focus than Terminator-style existential risk scenarios in AI safety debates.
Other voices
- We're moving towards both, rapidlyNick BostromThinker20 April 2024
- Safe superintelligenceIlya SutskeverBuilder19 June 2024
- Human dignity itself depends on itPope FrancisThinker29 June 2024
- The genie is possibly out of the bottleYoshua BengioResearcher15 July 2024