Luisa Rodriguez
80,000 Hours
Worried, this week
Capability 5Outlook 2
Where they stand
Against all 33 people scored in Week 44. Bars count people at each score; black is Rodriguez, the dashed line is the average.
What they've said
- Tuesday, Oct 27Week 44
In a solo episode of the 80,000 Hours Podcast, Rodriguez said
I've been getting really freaked out by how quickly things are moving in AI.
andWe're building something that could end up way more capable than us, and we're doing it without any of the tools we need to know whether it's safe. If a pause is what it takes to build those tools, then I'm in.
The episode,
Why Silicon Valley can't slow down AI on its own
, weighs four ways to slow AI: safety checkpoints for dangerous capabilities, limits on computing power, barring AI from building more powerful AI, and a full pause. On the labs:that's exactly why I don't think we can just trust the companies to slow down on their own. Someone needs to set rules that apply to all of them at once.
She closes:The question is whether we will give ourselves enough time.
Details and sources
Released Oct 27; the show notes say it was recorded Oct 21. It is dated to release, when it was first made public. The episode cites David Krueger, who appeared here last week, among those who want to stop building more powerful AI altogether.
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