[Interview] Can AI Destroy the World And How Can We Prevent It

This is an unusual interview for my channel. It's mostly about AI, our current developments and the threats it poses to us. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 📚 Suggest books in the book club: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1198440-universe-today-book-club 00:00 Intro 01:51 Arrival of LLMs 06:30 Alignment of AI 17:35 Existential dangers 18:58 The Pause AI movement 23:47 Safety 32:42 Wake-up calls and red lines 39:12 Possible response 41:43 AI as part of evolution 44:25 Simulation hypothesis and the Fermi Paradox 49:52 How to get involved 51:48 Current obsessions 57:19 Final thoughts 📺 VIDEO VERSION https://youtu.be/A4M3Q_P2xP4 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe. It's FREE: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)