The Adolescence of Technology: Navigating AI's Risks
Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI There is a scene in the movie version of Carl Sagan’s book Contact where the main character, an astronomer who has detected the first radio signal from an alien civilization, is being considered for the role of humanity’s representative to meet the aliens. The international panel interviewing her asks, “If you could ask [the aliens] just one question...