Alex Turner

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AI safety researcher and former Google DeepMind research scientist.

Speaks on: AI Governance AI Policy AI Regulation Policy Regulations

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Location: Berkeley, CA

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Slow down AI development
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The solution as I see it is simple. We stop companies from allowing AI to self-improve into an uncontrollable level of intelligence.
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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I resigned from Google DeepMind bc it broke its founding promise by selling AI to the military without restrictions against killer robots or mass spying. For months, I worked to stop this but watched powerful ethicists and institutions choose silenc...
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