Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization | Lex Fridman Podcast #368

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March 30, 2023

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3h 17m

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Lex Fridman Podcast

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Eliezer Yudkowsky is a researcher, writer, and philosopher on the topic of superintelligent AI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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EPISODE LINKS: Eliezer's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky LessWrong Blog: https://lesswrong.com Eliezer's Blog page: https://www.lesswrong.com/users/eliezer_yudkowsky Books and resources mentioned:

1. AGI Ruin (blog post): https://lesswrong.com/posts/uMQ3cqWDPHhjtiesc/agi-ruin-a-list-of-lethalities
2. Adaptation and Natural Selection: https://amzn.to/40F5gfa

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Eliezer Yudkowsky and Lex Fridman, Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization | Lex Fridman Podcast #368 explores eliezer Yudkowsky Warns: Misaligned Superintelligence Likely Ends Humanity Soon Lex Fridman and Eliezer Yudkowsky discuss the rapid progress of large language models like GPT‑4 and why Eliezer believes current AI development is on track to destroy human civilization. Eliezer argues that alignment must work on the first critical try with smarter‑than‑human systems, unlike normal science where multiple failures are tolerated, because a single failure with superintelligence is fatal and irreversible. He is deeply pessimistic about our current trajectory: capabilities are racing ahead while alignment science and interpretability lag far behind, and institutional or market forces are not set up to prioritize safety. They explore questions of consciousness, deception, self‑improvement (“foom”), the limits of open‑sourcing, and what—if anything—young people or billionaires could still do to change the game board.

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