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Connor Leahy speaks as First proposition for the motion on Thursday 12th October 2023 at 8:00pm in the Debating Chamber. The rapid growth in the capabilities of AI have struck fear into the hearts of many, while others herald it as mankind's greatest innovation. From autonomous weapons to cancer-curing algorithms to a malicious superintelligence, we aim to discover whether AI will be the end of us or the beginning of a new era. ............................................................................................................................ Connor Leahy Connor Leahy is the founder and CEO of AI Alignment research startup Conjecture. He is also the Co-founder and Co-lead of EleutherAI, a grassroots non-profit organisation focused on advancing open-source artificial intelligence research. He reverse-engineered OpenAI's large language model GPT-2 when he was 24 years old. Thumbnail Photographer: Nordin Catic ............................................................................................................................ Connect with us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCambridgeUnion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cambridgeunion Twitter: https://twitter.com/cambridgeunion LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cambridge-union-society