AI SAFETY & ETHICS

Will MacAskill on why AI character matters even more than you think

80000 Hours

A hammer doesn’t push back. If I want to hammer the nail in, I can do it. If I want to hammer someone’s head in, I can do it. The hammer is just an extension of my will. That’s on one end. All the way to the other end would be this AI that just has its wholly own goals and drives, and maybe it helps you if it gets paid, or if it happens to want to at the time…