... Today, they called the only expert witness to speak directly to AI technology: Stuart Russell, a University of California, Berkeley computer science professor who has studied AI for decades. His job was to offer background on AI and establish that this technology is dangerous enough to worry about. ...
Russell told jurors and Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers that there were a variety of risks associated with the development of AI, ranging from cybersecurity threats to problems with misalignment and the winner-take-all nature of developing artificial general intelligence (AGI). Ultimately, he said that there was a tension between the pursuit of AGI and safety.
Russell’s larger concerns about the existential threats of unconstrained AI didn’t get aired in open court after objections from OpenAI’s attorneys led the judge to limit Russell’s testimony. ...
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