Sandberg Warns of Useful AI Transition Shocks and Human-Machine Alignment Gaps

Sandberg said he is relatively optimistic about AI alignment and existential risk, but increasingly worried that society may not absorb the transition shocks from AI that is merely useful. He also highlighted a “second-order alignment” problem: how humans, machines, and hybrid groups can achieve cognitive coordination remains poorly understood.

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