Show Notes
Robert Miles has been making videos for Computerphile, then decided to create his own Youtube channel about AI Safety. Lately, he's been working on a Discord Community that uses Stampy the chatbot to answer Youtube comments. We also spend some time discussing recent AI Progress and why Rob is not that optimistic about humanity's survival.
Transcript: https://theinsideview.ai/rob
Youtube: https://youtu.be/DyZye1GZtfk
Host: https://twitter.com/MichaelTrazzi
Rob: https://twitter.com/robertskmiles
OUTLINE
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:02:25) Youtube
(00:28:30) Stampy
(00:51:24) AI Progress
(01:07:43) Chatbots
(01:26:10) Avoiding Doom
(01:59:34) Formalising AI Alignment
(02:14:40) AI Timelines
(02:25:45) Regulations
(02:40:22) Rob’s new channel
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