Bret Weinstein

Yep. Or they allow it to be thinned or something.

Yep. Or they allow it to be thinned or something.

So the first one is the one I worry least about. I don't worry zero about it, but I worry least about it, which is the malevolent AI that the Doomers are so focused on. The second one is the idea that, you know, an AI can be misaligned not because it has

So the first one is the one I worry least about. I don't worry zero about it, but I worry least about it, which is the malevolent AI that the Doomers are so focused on. The second one is the idea that, you know, an AI can be misaligned not because it has

divergent interest but because it just misunderstands what you've asked these autonomous agents you know the famous example is you ask them to produce as many paper clips as possible and they start liquidating the universe to make paper clips and you know it's a it's a sorcerer's apprentice kind of issue the third one i would say is actually all of the remainder of them i would say are guaranteed and um

divergent interest but because it just misunderstands what you've asked these autonomous agents you know the famous example is you ask them to produce as many paper clips as possible and they start liquidating the universe to make paper clips and you know it's a it's a sorcerer's apprentice kind of issue the third one i would say is actually all of the remainder of them i would say are guaranteed and um

The third of them is the derangement of human intellect, that we are already living in a world where it's very difficult to know what the facts even mean. The facts are so filtered and we are so persuaded by algorithms that our ability to be confident even in the basic facts, even within our own discipline sometimes, is at an all-time low. And it's getting worse.

The third of them is the derangement of human intellect, that we are already living in a world where it's very difficult to know what the facts even mean. The facts are so filtered and we are so persuaded by algorithms that our ability to be confident even in the basic facts, even within our own discipline sometimes, is at an all-time low. And it's getting worse.

And that problem takes a giant leap forward at the point that you have the ability to generate undetectable deep fakes, right? That's going to alter the world very radically when the fact that you're looking at videotape of somebody robbing a bank doesn't mean that they robbed a bank or that a bank was even robbed.

And that problem takes a giant leap forward at the point that you have the ability to generate undetectable deep fakes, right? That's going to alter the world very radically when the fact that you're looking at videotape of somebody robbing a bank doesn't mean that they robbed a bank or that a bank was even robbed.

And I don't know how you deal with that, but sorry, do you continue? Well, I mean, that's actually on the list here. The massive disruption to the way things function, both because people are going to be unemployed in huge numbers and because those who are not abiding by our social contract are going to find themselves empowered more than the people who do.

And I don't know how you deal with that, but sorry, do you continue? Well, I mean, that's actually on the list here. The massive disruption to the way things function, both because people are going to be unemployed in huge numbers and because those who are not abiding by our social contract are going to find themselves empowered more than the people who do.

So in this case, not only is this poor woman now out 500 bucks for whatever the scam was, but you've also been robbed. whether or not you pay her back for the thing that she thought she purchased, your credibility is being stolen by somebody and you have no capacity to prevent it. This has happened to me also. And it is profoundly disturbing.

So in this case, not only is this poor woman now out 500 bucks for whatever the scam was, but you've also been robbed. whether or not you pay her back for the thing that she thought she purchased, your credibility is being stolen by somebody and you have no capacity to prevent it. This has happened to me also. And it is profoundly disturbing.

And it is only one of a dozen different ways that AI enables those who are absolutely willing to shrink the pie from which we all derive in order to enlarge their slice. There are innumerable ways that this can happen. And I think people do not see it coming. They don't understand how many different ways they are going to be Robbed every bit as surely as if somebody was printing money.

And it is only one of a dozen different ways that AI enables those who are absolutely willing to shrink the pie from which we all derive in order to enlarge their slice. There are innumerable ways that this can happen. And I think people do not see it coming. They don't understand how many different ways they are going to be Robbed every bit as surely as if somebody was printing money.

And then the last one is that this just simply accelerates demographic processes that do potentially result in the unleashing of technologies that pre-existed AI. This can easily result in an escalation into wars that turn nuclear. So anyway, I think that list could probably be augmented at this point now that we've spent a little time in the AI era.

And then the last one is that this just simply accelerates demographic processes that do potentially result in the unleashing of technologies that pre-existed AI. This can easily result in an escalation into wars that turn nuclear. So anyway, I think that list could probably be augmented at this point now that we've spent a little time in the AI era.

We can begin to put a little more flesh on the bones, both of what is possible in this era and what we should fear.

We can begin to put a little more flesh on the bones, both of what is possible in this era and what we should fear.