Bret Weinstein Bungles It On AI Extinction | Liron Reacts

Today I’m reacting to the Bret Weinstein’s recent appearance on the Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett. Bret is an evolutionary biologist known for his outspoken views on social and political issues.Bret gets off to a promising start, saying that AI risk should be “top of mind” and poses “five existential threats”. But his analysis is shallow and ad-hoc, and ends in him dismissing the idea of trying to use regulation as a tool to save our species from a recognized existential threat.I believe we can raise the level of AI doom discourse by calling out these kinds of basic flaws in popular media on the subject.00:00 Introduction02:02 Existential Threats from AI03:32 The Paperclip Problem04:53 Moral Implications of Ending Suffering06:31 Inner vs. Outer Alignment08:41 AI as a Tool for Malicious Actors10:31 Attack vs. Defense in AI18:12 The Event Horizon of AI21:42 Is Language More Prime Than Intelligence?38:38 AI and the Danger of Echo Chambers46:59 AI Regulation51:03 Mechanistic Interpretability56:52 Final ThoughtsOriginal source: youtube.com/watch?v=_cFu-b5lTMUFollow Bret Weinstein: x.com/BretWeinsteinFollow Steven Bartlett: x.com/StevenBartlettJoin the conversation at DoomDebates.com or youtube.com/@DoomDebates, suggest topics or guests, and help us spread awareness about the urgent risk of AI extinction. Thanks for watching. Get full access to Doom Debates at lironshapira.substack.com/subscribe

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