AI Safety Expert: Will AI Destroy Humanity?

For early, ad-free access to videos, and to support the channel, subscribe to my Substack: https://www.alexoconnor.com. To donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic - VIDEO NOTES Toby Ord is an Australian philosopher. In 2009 he founded Giving What We Can, an international society whose members pledge to donate at least 10% of their income to effective charities, and is a key figure in the effective altruism movement, which promotes using reason and evidence to help the lives of others as much as possible. - LINKS The Precipice: https://amzn.to/3XdUAEx Ord' Website: https://www.tobyord.com/writings - TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - What Existential Risks Does AI Pose? 8:57 - How AI Systems Lie to Us 26:04 - Why We Should Be Worried About AI 33:28 - What Does It Mean for AI System to “Want” Something? 43:41 - AI Weapons and Nuclear Warfare 48:57 - Where Should We Focus Our Resources? 53:35 - What Policies Should We Enact? - CONNECT My Website: https://www.alexoconnor.com SOCIAL LINKS: Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/cosmicskeptic Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/cosmicskeptic Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic TikTok: @CosmicSkeptic The Within Reason Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/within-reason/id1458675168 - CONTACT Business email: [email protected] Brand enquiries: [email protected] ------------------------------------------