Superintelligence and Alignment Quiz

What has Eliezer Yudkowsky been working on since 2001?

What is the current understanding of modern AI systems?

Why is it difficult to predict the creation of a superintelligent AI and its potential consequences?

What does Eliezer Yudkowsky expect regarding the creation of a superintelligence that benefits humanity?

What is the problem with trying to align superintelligence?

What does the text suggest as a possible solution to the problem of aligning superintelligence?

What is the author's view about the likelihood of an AI attacking humans with marching robot armies or human-like desires?

What does Eliezer Yudkowsky advocate for in relation to the prevention of harm from a superintelligent AI?

Eliezer Yudkowsky has been working on aligning artificial general intelligence since 2001, founded the field when few considered it important.
Modern AI systems are inscrutable matrices of floating point numbers, nobody understands how they work.
Nobody can predict when a superintelligent AI will be created or its potential consequences.
Some people believe that building a superintelligence we don't understand could go well, others are skeptical.
There is no scientific consensus on how things will go well, no engineering plan for survival.
An AI smarter than humans could figure out reliable, quick ways to kill us.
It's unlikely that an AI would attack us with marching robot armies or have human-like desires.
The problem of aligning superintelligence is not unsolvable in principle but we don't get to learn from our mistakes and try again.
An international coalition banning large AI training runs is a possible solution but not realistic.
Yudkowsky expects humanity to fail in creating a superintelligence that benefits us, predicting conflict between humanity and a smarter entity.
He cannot predict the exact disaster, only that things will not go well on the first critical try.
He advocates for international cooperation to prevent the creation of a superintelligence that could harm us.

Test your knowledge about the challenges and potential consequences of creating a superintelligent AI, and the efforts to align its goals with human values. Explore topics such as inscrutable AI systems, potential dangers, international cooperation, and predictions about the future of superintelligence.