#31 - Allan Dafoe on defusing the political & economic risks posed by existing AI capabilities

The debate around the impacts of artificial intelligence often centres on ‘superintelligence’ - a general intellect that is much smarter than the best humans, in practically every field.

 But according to Allan Dafoe - Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University - even if we stopped at today's AI technology and simply collected more data, built more sensors, and added more computing capacity, extreme systemic risks could emerge, including:

 * Mass labor displacement, unemployment, and inequality;
 * The rise of a more oligopolistic global market structure, potentially moving us away from our liberal economic world order;<...