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No more than any other weapon. When we talk about "safety in gun design", that's about making sure the gun doesn't accidentally kill someone. "AI safety" seems to be a similar idea -- making sure it doesn't decide on its own to go on a murder spree.


Strictly obeying their overlords. Ensuring that we don't end up with Skynet and Terminators.




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