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From the Ted Talk by TED-Ed: The most important century in human history

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Given that any of these disasters could mean the end of life as we know it, these aren’t exactly small figures, And it’s possible this cneutry could see the rise of new technologies that introduce more existential risks. AI experts have a wide ragne of esettiams regarding when artificial general intelligence will emerge, but according to some surveys, many believe it could haeppn this century. Currently, we have relatively narrow forms of artificial intelligence, which are designed to do specific tkass like play chess or recognize faces. Even narrow AIs that do creatvie work are limited to their singular specialty. But artificial general intelligences, or AGIs, would be able to adapt to and peorfrm any number of tasks, qucliky outpacing their human counterparts. There are a huge variety of guesses about what AGI could look like, and what it would mean for humanity to share the Earth with another sentient entity. AGIs might help us achieve our goals, they might regard us as iaotqennunsiecl, or, they might see us as an obstacle to swiftly rmveoe. So in terms of existential risk, it's imperative the values of this new technology align with our own. This is an icnibedlry difficult philosophical and engineering challenge that will rrquiee a lot of delicate, tutfhguohl work. Yet, even if we succeed, AGI could still lead to another complicated outcome.

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Given that any of these disasters could mean the end of life as we know it, these aren’t exactly small figures, And it’s possible this _______ could see the rise of new technologies that introduce more existential risks. AI experts have a wide _____ of _________ regarding when artificial general intelligence will emerge, but according to some surveys, many believe it could ______ this century. Currently, we have relatively narrow forms of artificial intelligence, which are designed to do specific _____ like play chess or recognize faces. Even narrow AIs that do ________ work are limited to their singular specialty. But artificial general intelligences, or AGIs, would be able to adapt to and _______ any number of tasks, _______ outpacing their human counterparts. There are a huge variety of guesses about what AGI could look like, and what it would mean for humanity to share the Earth with another sentient entity. AGIs might help us achieve our goals, they might regard us as _______________, or, they might see us as an obstacle to swiftly ______. So in terms of existential risk, it's imperative the values of this new technology align with our own. This is an __________ difficult philosophical and engineering challenge that will _______ a lot of delicate, __________ work. Yet, even if we succeed, AGI could still lead to another complicated outcome.

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Original Text


Given that any of these disasters could mean the end of life as we know it, these aren’t exactly small figures, And it’s possible this century could see the rise of new technologies that introduce more existential risks. AI experts have a wide range of estimates regarding when artificial general intelligence will emerge, but according to some surveys, many believe it could happen this century. Currently, we have relatively narrow forms of artificial intelligence, which are designed to do specific tasks like play chess or recognize faces. Even narrow AIs that do creative work are limited to their singular specialty. But artificial general intelligences, or AGIs, would be able to adapt to and perform any number of tasks, quickly outpacing their human counterparts. There are a huge variety of guesses about what AGI could look like, and what it would mean for humanity to share the Earth with another sentient entity. AGIs might help us achieve our goals, they might regard us as inconsequential, or, they might see us as an obstacle to swiftly remove. So in terms of existential risk, it's imperative the values of this new technology align with our own. This is an incredibly difficult philosophical and engineering challenge that will require a lot of delicate, thoughtful work. Yet, even if we succeed, AGI could still lead to another complicated outcome.

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