Stuart J. Russell

For governments to allow private entities to essentially play Russian roulette with every human being on earth is, in my view, a total dereliction of duty. [...] Each of the CEOs of the main AI companies, I believe, wants to disarm, Russell said, but...

For governments to allow private entities to essentially play Russian roulette with every human being on earth is, in my view, a total dereliction of duty [...] Each of the CEOs of the main AI companies, I believe, wants to disarm but cannot do so "u...

Whichever company develops AGI first would have a significant advantage that would then increase relative to the other companies. That company — or a small handful of companies — may control a majority of economic activity on the planet and governmen...

Whichever company develops AGI first would have a significant advantage that would then increase relative to the other companies. That company — or a small handful of companies — may control a majority of economic activity on the planet and governmen...

[The spending on AI safety is] off by a factor of 10 to 50 million. This is the biggest technology project in human history [...] The only way forward is to figure out how to make AI safety a condition of doing business.

“If we pursue [our current approach], then we will eventually lose control over the machines. But, we can take a different route that actually leads to AI systems that are beneficial to humans,” said Russell. “We could, in fact, have a better civiliz...

“If we pursue [our current approach], then we will eventually lose control over the machines. But, we can take a different route that actually leads to AI systems that are beneficial to humans,” said Russell. “We could, in fact, have a better civiliz...

And a second point is about liability. And it's not completely clear where exactly the liability should lie. But to continue the nuclear analogy, if a corporation decided they wanted to sell a lot of enriched uranium in supermarkets, and someone deci...

Allowing machines to choose to kill humans would be devastating to our security and freedom. [...] the window to act is closing fast.