Is there a 10% chance AI “could kill all humans”?
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Is there a 10% chance AI “could kill all humans”?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 10, 202621 min
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Evan Hubinger, the Alignment Lead at Anthropic has warned there’s more than a ten percent chance that AI could kill all humans. And he’s the person responsible for making sure their AI systems are safe. He’s also not the only person sounding the alarm this week, following the release of OpenAI’s powerful new model ‘Astra’. Danny and Katie question how seriously we should take these warnings or whether they’re really a distraction from the serious problems AI faces right now. Plus, they talk about ‘You Can See Everything’ - the new documentar...

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Danny Fortson. You don't look like you're in your normal spot in Silicon Valley with your lovely plant behind you. I'm not. You look, if I may say so, like you're in a hostage video.

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Don't worry. I don't have a newspaper with like today's date on it to show that like, you know, proof of life or whatever. I'm it.

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It's actually a ramada. Romada Inn. Romada. What do you guys call it?

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