“Things are not hopeless”: Fields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman on the threat from AI

By Global News

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Canadian Jacob Tsimerman earned international attention when he won the prestigious Fields Medal – math’s highest honour – in June. After accepting the medal, the mathematician announced he was changing careers. His newly launched AI safety lab will use math to keep the rapidly evolving technology from spiralling out of control. Tsimerman spoke to Global’s Nathaniel Dove about how that would work and how much of a threat artificial intelligence poses. https://mathforaisafety.org/ RELATED: https://globalnews.ca/news/11986373/u-of-t-professor-receives-fields-medal/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on TikTok HERE: https://www.tiktok.com/@globalnews.ca?lang=en #ai #tech #aisafety #GlobalNews 0:00 The limitations of AI safety 1:32 Challenges in AI monitoring 2:27 The need for new approaches 3:28 Recursive self-improvement 4:43 Regulation and governance 5:50 Assessing existential ris

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