Stuart Russell has worked in artificial intelligence for approximately 47 years and has come to conclude that if the AI field succeeds in creating systems as intelligent as humans, it might be the worst thing in human history and he is trying to solve the control problem.
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“in the last 10 years or so I've been asking myself what happens if... we succeed... I came to the conclusion that if we did succeed it might not be the best thing in the history of the human race in fact it might be the worst and so I'm trying to fix that”
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The Trouble with AI: A Conversation with Stuart Russell and Gary Marcus (Episode #312)— Sam HarrisCreated: 8/11/2026, 1:51:56 AM
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