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To Stop AI Killing Us All, First Regulate Deepfakes, Says Researcher Connor Leahy (time.com)
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To Stop AI Killing Us All, First Regulate Deepfakes, Says Researcher Connor Leahy::AI researcher Connor Leahy says regulating deepfakes is the first step to avert AI wiping out humanity

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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, I wonder what he greased these slopes with... butter? Lard? Margarine?

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

AI safety is not a slippery slope argument. It's a serious area of academic research. Check out some Robert Miles videos or something.

As the interview says, the head-in-the-sand-style rebuttal is akin to early climate change denial.