Sam Harris on the Risks of Superhuman AI
TED · Talk · 14 min · 2016 · YouTube title: Can we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris
Why it's here
HN cites it in AI risk debates, sometimes as an argument that has aged well and sometimes as an example of alarmist framing.
What it covers
Sam Harris argues in a TED talk that we will build superhuman AI and have not grappled with the risk of creating something that may treat us the way we treat ants. He makes a logical case for taking AI risk seriously.