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Peter Wildeford
Sep 19
The Power Law

Don’t let nuance lead you astray from the big picture - even if Yudkowsky and Soares are overconfident, there still are very serious dangers from scaling AI systems to superintelligence. These dangers are not adequately addressed. The real overconfidence that matters most is the overconfidence of the AI companies.

The ultimate point is that we can call Yudkowsky and Soares overconfident all we like, but the accusations of overconfidence and hubris are best levied on the AI companies themselves — the AI companies are the ones rushing ahead with extreme overconfidence that everything will be fine and that there’s nothing to worry about. And I think that’s far from certain.
Peter Wildeford
Sep 19
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