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AI researcher explores 'liftoff scenario' that terrifies doomsayers

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Jeff Clune, a computer scientist at the University of British Columbia, is researching the "liftoff scenario" in AI, a concept that deeply concerns doomsayers. Clune is also the founder of Recursive Superintelligence, a startup focused on achieving recursive self-intelligence. AI

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AI researcher explores 'liftoff scenario' that terrifies doomsayers

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    The Liftoff Scenario That Terrifies A.I. # Doomsayers Jeff Clune a computer scientist and researcher at the University of British Columbia in # Canada and found

    The Liftoff Scenario That Terrifies A.I. # Doomsayers Jeff Clune a computer scientist and researcher at the University of British Columbia in # Canada and founder of Recursive # Superintelligence , one of two $4-billion start-ups chasing recursive self-intelligence. # ai # artifi…

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