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Addendae 3

Personal & Psychological Dimensions of AI Researchers Confronting AI Catastrophic Risks

https://yoshuabengio.org/2023/08/12/personal-and-psychological-dimensions-of-ai-researchers-confronting-ai-catastrophic-risks

* 2023-05-31 BBC web page headline: “AI ‘godfather’ Yoshua Bengio feels ‘lost’ over life’s work" - a statement I never made

* I actually said: “It is challenging, emotionally speaking, for people who are inside, especially if like myself, you’ve built your career, your identity around the idea of bringing something useful and good to society & to humanity & to science”

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ 2y ago

Addendae 3 cont'd 1/2

* What I meant was that I was in the process of changing my mind about something very personal: whether my work in its current trajectory – racing to bridge the gap between state-of-the-art in AI & human-level intelligence – was aligned w. my values.

* Is it actually beneficial or dangerous to humanity, given the current structure of society and the fact that powerful tools like AI are dual-use, they can be used for good or for bad?