How to Think about AI and Existential Risk

A Wright Lecture on Computation and Just Communities:

Catastrophic and existential risks from AI must be taken seriously. But the current existential risk discourse is dominated by speculation. In this talk, I’ll dissect a series of fallacies that have led to alarmist conclusions, including a misapplication of probability, a mischaracterization of human intelligence, and a conflation of AI models with AI systems. I will argue that we already have the tools to address risks calmly and collectively, and provide a set of recommendations for how to do so.

This talk is based on a chapter of the forthcoming book AI Snake Oil by Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor.

About the Speaker(s)

Arvind Narayanan
Professor of Computer Science, Princeton

Contact

For more information, contact Susan Brison at susan.j.brison@dartmouth.edu.