Otto Barten

Otto Barten is director of the Existential Risk Observatory, a nonprofit aiming to reduce existential risk by informing the public debate.

Recent Articles

There Is a Solution to AI's Existential Risk Problem

A Conditional AI Safety Treaty can help prevent runaway AI and President-elect Trump should embrace the idea, writes Otto Barten.

By Otto Barten

How to Hit Pause on AI

The time bomb that is AI isn't as hard to stop as many think, while we better understand its civilizational risks.

By Otto Barten

An AI Pause Is Humanity's Best Bet For Preventing Extinction

Constantly improving AI would create a positive feedback loop: an intelligence explosion. We would be no match for it.

By Otto Barten and Joep Meindertsma

Why Uncontrollable AI Looks More Likely Than Ever

Even if future AI could be aligned with human values, it remains an open question whose values it would be aligned with

By Otto Barten and Roman Yampolskiy
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