How native speakers pronounce “stakes”

Okay, now that sounds a little flip, but make no mistake, the stakes are very high. When a lot has been pushed to your 30s,

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because it would reduce the support we needed. I didn't understand the system, but I understood the stakes. Stability was fragile,

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the more awkward it feels. And at work, the stakes feel high. We are taking risks in front of people,

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which is that we need to be able to see the world the same way that robots do if we're going to work closely alongside them on such high-stakes problems. BS: I love it. Human plus machine intelligence.

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You have to care about it all along this exponential curve. Of course the stakes increase, and there are big challenges. But the way we learn how to build safe systems

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That you need to show up for one another, no matter how big or small the stakes are. You can't leave the other person hanging.

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