chapter 11: Elon Musk's plan to build an AI that seeks truth about the universe and therefore won't destroy humans because we're "interesting" fails to address the actual alignment problem. LeCun has tweeted that AI won't want to dominate humans, that we can "engineer their…
chapter 12: Historical precedents such as leaded gasoline and CFCs show industries routinely ignore known risks for economic gain. Demands for "conclusive proof" of harm often serve to delay necessary precautions. AI experts downplay their concerns, especially in public, to…
chapter 13: AI extinction risk requires global coordination, not just national regulation, because any jurisdiction allowing advanced AI development poses global risk. Current safety approaches are inadequate because they allow continued capability escalation. An adequate…