Nick Bostrom

And yet, it seemed to me quite predictable that we would eventually reach that point, and now, in fact, that is much more widely recognized.

And yet, it seemed to me quite predictable that we would eventually reach that point, and now, in fact, that is much more widely recognized.

And things that have moved from sort of fringe, dismissed as science fiction are now, you know, you see statements coming out from, you know, from the White House and other governments around the world.

And things that have moved from sort of fringe, dismissed as science fiction are now, you know, you see statements coming out from, you know, from the White House and other governments around the world.

And the leading AI labs have now research teams specifically trying to solve scalable AI alignment, like the big technical problem of how can you sort of develop algorithms that would allow you to steer arbitrarily intelligent AI systems.

And the leading AI labs have now research teams specifically trying to solve scalable AI alignment, like the big technical problem of how can you sort of develop algorithms that would allow you to steer arbitrarily intelligent AI systems.

It's like very much an active research frontier.

It's like very much an active research frontier.

So that's very much part of my picture, that there will be big risks associated with this transition.

So that's very much part of my picture, that there will be big risks associated with this transition.

But at the same time, the upside is enormous.

But at the same time, the upside is enormous.

The ability to unlock human potential, to help alleviate human misery and to really bring about a wonderful world.

The ability to unlock human potential, to help alleviate human misery and to really bring about a wonderful world.

I see it sort of as a kind of portal through which humanity at some point...

I see it sort of as a kind of portal through which humanity at some point...

will need to passage, that all the past really great futures ultimately, I think, lead at some point or another through this development of greater than human intelligence.

will need to passage, that all the past really great futures ultimately, I think, lead at some point or another through this development of greater than human intelligence.

And that we really need to be careful when we're doing it to make sure we get it right as far as we can.

And that we really need to be careful when we're doing it to make sure we get it right as far as we can.