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Doom Debates

Toy Model of the AI Control Problem

06 Feb 2025

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Why does the simplest AI imaginable, when you ask it to help you push a box around a grid, suddenly want you to die?AI doomers are often misconstrued as having "no evidence" or just "anthropomorphizing". This toy model will help you understand why a drive to eliminate humans is NOT a handwavy anthropomorphic speculation, but rather something we expect by default from any sufficiently powerful search algorithm.We’re not talking about AGI or ASI here — we’re just looking at an AI that does brute-force search over actions in a simple grid world.The slide deck I’m presenting was created by Jaan Tallinn, cofounder of the Future of Life Institute.00:00 Introduction01:24 The Toy Model06:19 Misalignment and Manipulation Drives12:57 Search Capacity and Ontological Insights16:33 Irrelevant Concepts in AI Control20:14 Approaches to Solving AI Control Problems23:38 Final ThoughtsWatch the Lethal Intelligence Guide, the ultimate introduction to AI x-risk! https://www.youtube.com/@lethal-intelligencePauseAI, the volunteer organization I’m part of: https://pauseai.infoJoin the PauseAI Discord — https://discord.gg/2XXWXvErfA — and say hi to me in the #doom-debates-podcast channel!Doom Debates’ Mission is to raise mainstream awareness of imminent extinction from AGI and build the social infrastructure for high-quality debate.Support the mission by subscribing to my Substack at https://doomdebates.com and to https://youtube.com/@DoomDebates Get full access to Doom Debates at lironshapira.substack.com/subscribe

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