AI Sentience, Agency and Catastrophic Risk with Yoshua Bengio - #654

Published: Nov. 6, 2023, 8:50 p.m.

b'Today we\\u2019re joined by Yoshua Bengio, professor at Universit\\xe9 de Montr\\xe9al. In our conversation with Yoshua, we discuss AI safety and the potentially catastrophic risks of its misuse. Yoshua highlights various risks and the dangers of AI being used to manipulate people, spread disinformation, cause harm, and further concentrate power in society. We dive deep into the risks associated with achieving human-level competence in enough areas with AI, and tackle the challenges of defining and understanding concepts like agency and sentience. Additionally, our conversation touches on solutions to AI safety, such as the need for robust safety guardrails, investments in national security protections and countermeasures, bans on systems with uncertain safety, and the development of governance-driven AI systems.\\n\\nThe complete show notes for this episode can be found at twimlai.com/go/654.'