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Podcast: Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)
Episode: #99 - CARLA CREMER & IGOR KRAWCZUK - X-Risk, Governance, Effective Altruism
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Carla Cremer and Igor Krawczuk argue that AI risk should be understood as an old problem of politics, power and control with known solutions, and that threat models should be driven by empirical work. The interaction between FTX and the Effective Altruism community has sparked a lot of discussion about the dangers of optimization, and Carla's Vox article highlights the need for an institutional turn when...