Computer Scientists From Latvia

"I’m hoping to make sure that superintelligence we are creating right now does not kill everyone."

"The last decade we actually figured out how to make artificial intelligence better. Turns out if you add more compute, more data, it just kind of becomes smarter. And so now, smartest people in the world, billions of dollars, all going to create the best possible super intelligence we can."

"Unfortunately, while we know how to make those systems much more capable, we don’t know how to make them safe, how to make sure they don’t do something we will regret. And that’s the state of the art right now."

"When we look at just prediction markets, how soon will we get to advanced AI? The timelines are very short. Couple of years, two, three years, according to prediction markets, according to CEOs of Top Labs. And at the same time, we don’t know how to make sure that those systems are aligned with our preferences."

"So we are creating this alien intelligence. If aliens were coming to Earth and you had three years to prepare, you would be panicking right now. But most people don’t even realize this is happening."

"I didn’t hack anything there wasn’t any need to get past the website’s security. There weren’t ANY security checks when you entered direct URL for document data download as file. URL has only one parameter EDS document ID, which is sequential. Anybody that knows a little bit about how the Internet works could do the same what Neo did."

"I had some doubts, that top ranking public officials shared the same pain as others during the economic crisis. Published data showed that to everybody. It is sad that there weren’t any consequences for those officials except public shaming. But I did my part, showing the problem. It was responsibility of state to react and take countermeasures to it. At least, a law was recently passed that requires the publication of detailed data about the income of state officials. Basically, what Neo did before now is perfectly legal and required."