Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari
The book Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari is a tough book to read. 407 pages describing " A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI ". I absolutely love this type of book and especially this specific book about information networks, but I have to admit that it´s a bit challenging to digest all its content. It is even harder to summarize it... But, I will try to summarize what Yuval is saying about the Alignment Problem ... bear with me. This is the x 4 mat !ve summary: the alignment problem: When computers are given a specific goal they use all their power and ingenuity to achieve this goal. Since they operate very differently from humans, they are likely to use methods their human overlords didn´t anticipate. This can result in dangerous unforeseen consequences that are not aligned with the original human goals . The more powerful and independent computers become, the bigger the danger. The alignment problem is not new - it was discussed already in Claus...