A big red button. The study points to earlier research conducted in 2013 where a game-playing algorithm realized that if it just paused Tetris , it would never lose.

Dubbed the “big red button,” the AI control system is outlined in Safely Interruptible Agents , a new paper on automation published by the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI).

Controversial position: the world needs more buttons. We’ve gotten so far away from physical interfaces like buttons, knobs, and switches in favor of sleek but sterile touch-screen “con… ...