#371 – Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development

Physicist and AI researcher at MIT, co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, and author of Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Max Tegmark

Lex Fridman Podcast

- The conversation covers various challenges related to AI safety, including making AI understand and adopt human goals, retaining those goals as it gets smarter, and enforcing constant humility in goal optimization.
- The speakers discuss the need for more time to address these challenges and the importance of AI safety research.
- The conversation also touches on the changing nature of education and the potential consciousness of AI systems, with different definitions and theories presented.

AI Safety: Speakers Debate Challenges & Education