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Several current and former employees of OpenAI and Google DeepMind today shared an open letter warning of the dangers of advanced AI and the current lack of oversight of companies working on AI technology.
Read the letter
AI discussion of the day
Roman Yampolskiy, an AI safety researcher, discusses the potential risks and challenges associated with the development of superintelligent AI in Lex Fridman’s podcast.
There is absolutely no need for this very powerful optimizing agent to feel anything while it’s performing things on you. – Roman Yampolskiy
He explores the existential, suffering, and ikigai risks, the unpredictability and uncontrollability of AI, and the ethical considerations surrounding AI development
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Existential risks of superintelligent AI
Superintelligent AI presents existential risks that could lead to humanity’s extinction, extreme suffering, or loss of meaning.
The idea of replacing humans with a perfect AI society is fraught with potential pitfalls.
We’re switching from tools to agents. Now you’re giving open source weapons to psychopaths. – Roman Yampolskiy
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All the important AI news (in 30 words)
Canadian AI startup Cohere has raised $450M from Nvidia, Salesforce, Cisco, and others and is looking to raise more in the same round at a $5B valuation
Google's AI Overviews now shows in less than 15% of search queries but on 63% of health care-related queries, more than any other industry category
Pika, which offers AI tools to generate and edit videos, raised $80M from Spark, Lightspeed, and others at a $470M valuation, taking its total funding to $135M
Cisco introduces new AI products and services, including its Nexus HyperFabric AI clusters in partnership with Nvidia, and announces a $1B AI investment fund
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