Does AI Competition = AI Alignment? Debate with Gil Mark

My friend Gil Mark, who leads generative AI products at LinkedIn, thinks competition among superintelligent AIs will lead to a good outcome for humanity. In his view, the alignment problem becomes significantly easier if we build multiple AIs at the same time and let them compete. I completely disagree, but I hope you’ll find this to be a thought-provoking episode that sheds light on why the alignment problem is so hard. 00:00 Introduction 02:36 Gil & Liron’s Early Doom Days 04:58: AIs : Humans :: Humans : Ants 08:02 The Convergence of AI Goals 15:19 What’s Your P(Doom)™ 19:23 Multiple AIs and Human Welfare 24:42 Gil’s Alignment Claim 42:31 Cheaters and Frankensteins 55:55 Superintelligent Game Theory 01:01:16 Slower Takeoff via Resource Competition 01:07:57 Recapping the Disagreement 01:15:39 Post-Debate Banter Show Notes Gil’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilmark/ Gil’s Twitter: https://x.com/gmfromgm Watch the Lethal Intelligence Guide, the ultimate introduction to AI x-risk! https://www.youtube.com/@lethal-intelligence PauseAI, the volunteer organization I’m part of: https://pauseai.info Join the PauseAI Discord — https://discord.gg/2XXWXvErfA — and say hi to me in the #doom-debates-podcast channel! Doom Debates’ Mission is to raise mainstream awareness of imminent extinction from AGI and build the social infrastructure for high-quality debate. Support the mission by subscribing to my Substack at https://doomdebates.com and to https://youtube.com/@DoomDebates Get full access to Doom Debates at lironshapira.substack.com/subscribe