ClaimsDemis Hassabis

“The systems that are around today are not dangerous, in my opinion, but in a few years they might have potential.”

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind 28 February 2024 Demis Hassabis — Scaling, superhuman AIs, AlphaZero atop LLMs, AlphaFold (Dwarkesh Podcast)

Prediction AI safety and alignment

In Hassabis's opinion, the AI systems around at the time were not dangerous, but in a few years they might have the potential to be.

Unresolvable The public record could not settle it.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

Reasoning

Vague 'might' about danger potential 'in a few years', not testably defined.

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Demis Hassabis, “In Hassabis's opinion, the AI systems around at the time were not dangerous, but in a few years they might have the potential to be.” (said 28 February 2024). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_626a8cecac16, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_626a8cecac16

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