How We Prevent the AIs from Killing us with Paul Christiano

Paul Christiano runs the Alignment Research Center, a non-profit research organization whose mission is to align future machine learning systems with human interests. Paul previously ran the language model alignment team at OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT. Today, we’re hoping to explore the solution-landscape to the AI Alignment problem, and hoping Paul can guide us on that journey. ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode: ------ ✨ COLLECTIBLES | Collect this episode: ------ ✨ NEW BANKLESS PRODUCT | Token Hub: ------ In today’s episode, Paul answers many questions, but the overarching ones are: 1) How BIG is the AI Alignment problem? 2) How HARD is the AI Alighment problem? 3) How SOLVABLE is the AI Alignment problem? Does humanity have a chance? Tune in to hear Paul’s thoughts. ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM 🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE 🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE 👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET 🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 9:20 Percentage Likelihood of Death by AI 11:24 Timing 19:15 Chimps to Human Jump 21:55 Thoughts on ChatGPT 27:51 LLMs & AGI 32:49 Time to React? 38:29 AI Takeover 41:51 AI Agency 49:35 Loopholes 51:14 Training AIs to Be Honest 58:00 Psychology 59:36 How Solvable Is the AI Alignment Problem? 1:03:48 The Technical Solutions (Scalable Oversight) 1:16:14 Training AIs to be Bad?! 1:18:22 More Solutions 1:21:36 Stabby AIs 1:26:03 Public vs. Private (Lab) AIs 1:28:31 Inside Neural Nets 1:32:11 4th Solution 1:35:00 Manpower & Funding 1:38:15 Pause AI? 1:43:29 Resources & Education on AI Safety 1:46:13 Talent 1:49:00 Paul’s Day Job 1:50:15 Nobel Prize 1:52:35 Treating AIs with Respect 1:53:41 Uptopia Scenario 1:55:50 Closing & Disclaimers ------ Resources: Alignment Research Center Paul Christiano’s Website ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: