Renowned AI expert Stuart Russell has become one of the technology's most urgent critics. He argues the dangers of AI have been vastly underestimated. In an interview, he tells DER SPIEGEL why.
AI is the least efficient way to do literally anything. It’s just faster at a few very specific things.
AI does not lean toward quality. That is not a metric it can comprehend. It is not a pressure it can respond to. Predictably, its quality has and will always be horseshit.
Finally, who looks at Hitler and thinks the problem was poor optimization?
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AI is the least efficient way to do literally anything. It’s just faster at a few very specific things.
AI does not lean toward quality. That is not a metric it can comprehend. It is not a pressure it can respond to. Predictably, its quality has and will always be horseshit.
Finally, who looks at Hitler and thinks the problem was poor optimization?