Module 4
Welcome to Module 4
Welcome to Module 4: Existential Risk from AI
Module 4 Lessons
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Lesson 10: AI Landscape & Capabilities Explores the history of AI milestones, Moore's Law, and current methods for measuring AI progress through task length and expert predictions.
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Lesson 11: AI Risk and Challenges Examines why artificial intelligence is classified as an existential risk and the specific technical and ethical hurdles in managing its development safely.
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Lesson 12: Management of x-Risk from AI Focuses on policy debates, global governance strategies, and the projected state of AI capabilities by the year 2027.
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What You'll Engage With
- Selected chapters from The Precipice by Toby Ord.
- Selected web articles and assigned YouTube videos.
Tip: As you go through the lessons, consider how your own perceptions of risk differ from others, and reflect on which strategies could be applied to both everyday and existential risks.