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# Paul Christiano: Staying in Control of Self-Improving AI | The Hinton Lectures 2026 (Night 2)

The Hinton Lectures, 10 November 2026, YouTube. 18,374 views as of 13 November 2026.
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Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQUfMHx5Aug

## Why it is here

The second 2026 Hinton Lecture (1 h 27 min), introduced by Geoffrey Hinton: Paul Christiano on whether human oversight can keep pace once AI helps build the next generation of AI. Long recording: per the owner's rule (videos over ~1 h) it is not sent to Gemini; this note is written from the official description only (no transcript was available to us).

## Description

Per the channel's description: the lecture covers how AI could accelerate its own development, growing reliance on these systems and the limits of existing safeguards, and asks what it would take to keep humans informed and accountable. Lecture from 11:00; panel from 57:14 with Christiano, Jodie Wallis (Global Chief AI Officer, Manulife) and Jesslyn Dymond (TELUS), moderated by Sínead Bovell. Live from the John W. H. Bassett Theatre, Toronto, Nov 10, 2026.

## Related

- 2026-11-09: [Paul Christiano's Hinton Lectures](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-11-09-christiano-hinton-lectures-takeover-risk/)

## More videos on this

- 2026-11-09: [Paul Christiano: AI Alignment - What's Working and What's Not | The Hinton Lectures 2026 (Night 1)](https://postcutoff.com/v/hinton-lectures-2026-christiano-night-1/), The Hinton Lectures, YouTube, interview, 40,943 views as of 13 November 2026.
- 2026-11-11: [Paul Christiano: Governing Transformative AI | The Hinton Lectures 2026 (Night 3)](https://postcutoff.com/v/hinton-lectures-2026-christiano-night-3/), The Hinton Lectures, YouTube, interview, 12,242 views as of 13 November 2026.

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## People in it

- [Geoffrey Hinton](https://postcutoff.com/person/geoffrey-hinton/), University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
- [Paul Christiano](https://postcutoff.com/person/paul-christiano/), Founder and executive director, Alignment Research Center; OpenAI Foundation board member; senior technical advisor, NIST CAISI