What If We Succeed?

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• Stuart Russell Professor of Computer Science, UC Berkeley
• Friday 23 May 2025, 12:00-13:00
• Department of Engineering - LT2.

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Many experts claim that recent advances in AI put artificial general intelligence (AGI) within reach. Is this true? If so, is that a good thing? Alan Turing predicted that AGI would result in the machines taking control. I will argue that Turing was right to express concern but wrong to think that doom is inevitable. Instead, we need to develop a new kind of AI that is provably beneficial to humans. Unfortunately, we are heading in the opposite direction and we need to take steps to correct this. Even so, questions remain about whether human flourishing is compatible with AGI .

This talk is part of the Information Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series series.

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