Eric Samvar
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Concern in Europe after Trump and Putin agree to start Ukraine talks
I actually think, and I know you'll think I'm insane, and maybe I am, that AI is underhyped. We don't know yet if AI can build an AI Einstein, but we think that the computer can get pretty close to it. And that means that each and every one of us would have literally Einstein and Leonardo da Vinci or pretty close in your pocket on your phone. It's a pretty big deal.
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Concern in Europe after Trump and Putin agree to start Ukraine talks
Basically, there's a set of things that we shouldn't really allow. An example would be the ability for the system to fool us, to deceive us. Another one would be if it developed a desire to get access to weapons, especially nuclear weapons. Imagine that it starts to make copies of itself. It decides that it wants to propagate itself even if we plug it off.
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Concern in Europe after Trump and Putin agree to start Ukraine talks
There's a set of such things that we need to watch for in this technology. It's not capable of doing it right now, but there are signs that it might be capable in the future.
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Concern in Europe after Trump and Putin agree to start Ukraine talks
The truth is that AI and the future is largely going to be built by private companies. It has to do with the incentives and the money and where the talent is and how the world works. They're not going to be built in the equivalent of a Manhattan Project. So it's really important that governments understand what we're doing and keep their eye on us.
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Concern in Europe after Trump and Putin agree to start Ukraine talks
We're not arguing that we should unilaterally be able to do things without oversight. We think it should be regulated. The real fears that I have are not the ones that most people talk about AI. I talk about extreme risk. There's evidence that the models have knowledge that could allow, for example, a bad biological attack from some evil person.
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Concern in Europe after Trump and Putin agree to start Ukraine talks
And I'm sure no one listening is evil, but there must be at least one evil person in the world who could take advantage of that in a really bad way. We want to make sure that doesn't happen. Part of the reason that we're all alive today is because people in the 1950s developed a whole strategy around nuclear containment. The same is not true in computers.
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Concern in Europe after Trump and Putin agree to start Ukraine talks
The current best idea we have for controlling this proliferation is to make it hard for other countries and evil people in general to get access to the most powerful hardware. That's why the US export controls are so important.
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Concern in Europe after Trump and Putin agree to start Ukraine talks
An example would be the ability for the system to fool us. Another one, if it developed a desire to get access to weapons, especially nuclear weapons.
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Hundreds of thousands head home in northern Gaza
It may be strange to say that, but I feel incredible pride actually to be here with my mom. You know, she's 81 years old. It just brings back the memories of everything that she went through. And it's special to have my older daughter here too. To be here as a family is really special.
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The rebels turned rulers providing law and order in Syria
Only military aircraft can land in Mayotte for now. I believe yesterday, three small flights have been able to take some medical teams and civil protection teams from La Réunion to Mayotte. And there is a bigger aircraft that will go today. And we hope that the capacity will increase in the coming days.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
The information we have from the field is that the situation is chaotic. Damages are massive. Most of the concrete buildings have been partially or totally damaged. And all the smaller constructions have been totally destroyed. The telecommunication is still very complicated and difficult. So the information is coming up very slowly to us.