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Sam Altman sees AI risks over the next 5 years.

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Sam Altman sees AI risks over the next 5 years.

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There will be other challenges in the

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next 5 years. I think some things are

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going to go very wrong with cyber

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security. People talk about biocurity.

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Successfully navigating the risks and

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downsides in front of us is something

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that could go very wrong. Another thing

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that could go wrong is too much

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concentration of power. In many ways, AI

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should be an equalizing force in the

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world, like a reset on the educational

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capacity available to everybody. You can

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also see worlds where AI concentrates

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because some people make early

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investments and others don't and there's

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bad inequities with comput. So I think

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if we fail to make AI abundant, it ends

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up being something that is very hotly

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competed over. Rich people spend a huge

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amount of money on and the benefits of

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lifting everybody up and not much

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worsening inequality. There will be

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bigger ones yet to come and I think if

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we don't successfully navigate those,

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society will not be able to adopt AI to

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the degree or to the speed with which

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people deserve. And I think we'll set

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this technology back a great deal. We

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have a big challenge in front of

Interactive Summary

The video discusses the potential future challenges of artificial intelligence over the next five years, emphasizing the risks of cybersecurity issues, biosecurity threats, and the danger of power concentration that could exacerbate social inequities if AI is not made widely accessible.

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