Stuart Russell on Long-Term Risks of Stronger AI
haider1 · x · 2026-07-20
Stuart Russell noted that it has been 50 years since he built his first AI system, but it wasn't until the last 15 years that he seriously started to ponder: why do humans want to build machines smarter than themselves?
He also mentioned that Turing warned us long ago: if we truly succeed, machines might take control. This post is primarily a recount of a major AI researcher's long-term reflections on the direction of AGI.
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