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Yoshua Bengio: We need a humanity defense organization
βTop AI researchers have revised their estimates for when artificial intelligence could achieve human levels of broad cognitive competence [..] we now believe it could be within a few yearsβ
βOver the winter, it dawned on me that the dual use nature of AI and the potential for loss of control were very serious.β
βThen they use their power to control politics, because that's the way our system works. On that path, we may end up with a world government dictatorship.β
βIn the future, we'll need a humanity defense organization. We have defense organizations within each country. We'll need to organize internationally a way to protect ourselves against events that could otherwise destroy us.β
βRight now there's nothing that's going on with a public-good objective that could defend humanity.β
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βTop AI researchers have revised their estimates for when artificial intelligence could achieve human levels of broad cognitive competence [..] we now believe it could be within a few yearsβ
βOver the winter, it dawned on me that the dual use nature of AI and the potential for loss of control were very serious.β
βThen they use their power to control politics, because that's the way our system works. On that path, we may end up with a world government dictatorship.β
βIn the future, we'll need a humanity defense organization. We have defense organizations within each country. We'll need to organize internationally a way to protect ourselves against events that could otherwise destroy us.β
βRight now there's nothing that's going on with a public-good objective that could defend humanity.β
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