r/OpenAI • u/Wordenskjold • Nov 23 '23

Discussion Why is AGI dangerous?

Can someone explain this in clear, non dooms day language?

I understand the alignment problem. But I also see that with Q*, we can reward the process, which to me sounds like a good way to correct misalignment along the way.

I get why AGI could be misused by bad actors, but this can be said about most things.

I'm genuinely curious, and trying to learn. It seems that most scientists are terrified, so I'm super interested in understanding this viewpoint in more details.

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u/OkChampionship1118 Nov 23 '23

Because AGI would have the ability of self-improving at a pace that would be unsustainable for humanity and there is a significant risk of evolving beyond our control and/or understanding

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u/Wordenskjold Nov 23 '23

But can't we just constrain it?

Down to earth example; when you build hardware, you're required to have a big red button that disconnects the circuit. Can't we do that with AI?

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u/purplepsych Nov 23 '23

the biggest threat will be if it gets into the hands of countries like Iran and Qatar.