#368 – Eliezer Yudkowsky: Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization

Eliezer Yudkowsky is a researcher, writer, and philosopher on the topic of superintelligent AI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Books and resources mentioned:
1. AGI Ruin (blog post): https://lesswrong.com/posts/uMQ3cqWDPHhjtiesc/agi-ruin-a-list-of-lethalities
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(05:19) - GPT-4
(28:00) - Open sourcing GPT-4
(44:18) - Defining AGI
(52:14) - AGI alignment
(1:35:06) - How AGI may kill us
(2:27:27) - Superintelligence
(2:34:39) - Evolution
(2:41:09) - Consciousness
(2:51:41) - Aliens
(2:57:12) - AGI Timeline
(3:05:11) - Ego
(3:11:03) - Advice for young people
(3:16:21) - Mortality
(3:18:02) - Love