Existential Risk

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Risk threatening humanity’s survival.

Full Definition

Risk threatening humanity’s survival.

Keywords

extinction

Domains

AI Safety & Alignment

Related Terms

x-Risk related to

Existential risk from AI systems.

 Takeoff Speed related to

Rate at which AI capabilities improve.

 Fast Takeoff related to

Sudden jump to superintelligence.

 Slow Takeoff related to

Incremental capability growth.

 Mesa-Optimizer related to

Learned subsystem that optimizes its own objective.

 Robust Alignment related to

Maintaining alignment under new conditions.

 Corrigibility related to

Willingness of system to accept correction or shutdown.

 Scalable Oversight related to

Using limited human feedback to guide large models.

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