What Tim Urban thinks about AI alignment

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Writer and illustrator behind Wait But Why, a long-form blog of stick-figure-illustrated explainers on science, technology and society, and author of the book What's Our Problem?

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1. 17 Feb 2023

   Our readingLiberal societies currently face an existential risk that must be addressed to reach a better future.

   Their wordsThis book is my best crack at explaining what I think is an existential risk to liberal societies and what I think we need to do to get to that awesome future I used to be so excited about.

   ↗A Short History of My Last Six Yearswaitbutwhy.com 2nd of 2 in this piece