Joscha Bach and Connor Leahy - Machine Learning Street Talk - Why AGI is inevitable and the alignment problem is not unique to AI - 90 Minutes Talk

[https://youtu.be/Z02Obj8j6FQ](https://youtu.be/Z02Obj8j6FQ)

**Joscha Bach believes that AGI is inevitable** because it will emerge from civilization, not individuals. Given our biological constraints, humans cannot achieve a high level of general intelligence on our own. Civilization evolves over generations to determine meaning, truth, and ethics. AI may follow a similar path, developing general intelligence through a process of cultural evoution.

Bach thinks **AGI may become integrated into all parts of the world, including human minds and bodies.** He believes **a future where humans …

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