Last week, an Anthropic researcher resigned and posted on X, "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." These warnings are nothing new, but this one managed to break into the mainstream. So, do the people making AI really think it could kill us all? How? And if it really could be as dangerous as they say, why would anyone continue to work on it? Senior AI reporter Hayden Field joined us to answer your questions about the AI freakout.
0:00 Intro
00:49 90 Seconds on The Verge
02:34 Why Did the AI Apocalypse Go Viral?
08:20 What AI Are People Fearing?
10:21 Step-by-Step Doom Scenarios
15:16 Is Doom Talk Just Hype?
19:50 Why Not Just Stop Making It?
22:26 Regulation and Slowdown Ideas
26:38 Can We Regulate AI Like Finance?
27:42 What Can We Do Now?
28:36 Wrap Up
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