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AI "Stop Button" Problem - Computerphile
Computerphile · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2017–2026).
SignalTube analysis
Among 13 other explainer videos tagged AI safety, AGI & impact, the mean is 3.5 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 3.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
50% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2017–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 20 minutes 0 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2017-03-03.
- Channel / speaker
- Computerphile
- Verified runtime
- 20m 0s
- YouTube upload date
- 2017-03-03
- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in AI safety, AGI & impact. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI "Stop Button" Problem - ComputerphileCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 50% | — | 20m 0s | 2017-03-03 |
| What Happened to Horses Is Happening to Usexplainer · CGP Grey | 11 | 11 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 15m 1s | 2014-08-13 |
| Why Would AI Want to do Bad Things? Instrumental Convergenceexplainer · Robert Miles AI Safety | 6 | 6 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 10m 36s | 2018-03-24 |
| Intelligence and Stupidity: The Orthogonality Thesisexplainer · Robert Miles AI Safety | 6 | 6 | 83% | 1 (50%) | 13m 3s | 2018-01-11 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Self-improving software won't produce Skynet”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “XAI Joins SpaceX”. Its short rationale: Response to the just-unplug-it argument.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Co-founder of DeepMind on how AI threatens to reshape life as we know it”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.