Podcast
Concerning AI | Existential Risk From Artificial Intelligence
Hosted by Brandon Sanders & Ted Sarvata · EN
Is there an existential risk from Human-level (and beyond) Artificial Intelligence? If so, what can we do about it?
11episodes
Episodes
Newest firstAll episodes
0070: We Don’t Get to Choose
Oct 23, 2018Tap to summarizeOr do we? http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0070-2018-09-30.mp3
Transcribe →0069: Will bias get us first?
Sep 5, 2018Tap to summarizeTed interviews Jacob Ward, former editor of Popular Science, journalist at many outlets. Jake’s article about the book he’s writing: Black Box Jake’s website JacobWard.com Implicit bias tests at Harvard We discuss the idea that we’re currently using narrow AIs to inform all kinds of decisions, and that we’re trusting those AIs way more than we would trust a human process in the same position, ignoring the type of thinking unique to humans, the slow kind. What could go wrong? http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0069-2018-08-28.mp3
Transcribe →0068: Sanityland: More on Assassination Squads
Jul 23, 2018Tap to summarizehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort https://blog.openai.com/openai-charter/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Forest Possible future topic: Is this like the Dark Forest? One way it might be different and thus avoid being nationalize and weaponized is if we think, I’m not only worried about you being first, I’m also worried about you getting it wrong, therefore, the best course of action is for us all to work in the open, so none of us gets it wrong. http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0068-2018-07-08.mp3
Transcribe →0067: The OpenAI Charter (and Assassination Squads)
Jul 6, 2018Tap to summarizeWe love the OpenAI Charter. This episode is an introduction to the document and gets pretty dark. Lots more to come on this topic! http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0067-2018-05-29.mp3
Transcribe →0066: The AI we have is not the AI we want
May 3, 2018Tap to summarizehttp://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0066-2018-04-01.mp3
Transcribe →0065: AGI Fire Alarm
Apr 19, 2018Tap to summarizeThere’s No Fire Alarm for Artificial General Intelligence by Eliezer Yudkowsky http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0065-2018-03-18.mp3
Transcribe →0064: AI Go Foom
Apr 5, 2018Tap to summarizeWe discuss Intelligence Explosion Microeconomics by Eliezer Yudkowsky http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0064-2018-03-11.mp3
Transcribe →0063: Ted’s Talk
Mar 26, 2018Tap to summarizeTed’s Talk slides Ted gave a live talk a few weeks ago. The audio is on the podcast feed and here are the slides. http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0063-2018-03-01.mp3
Transcribe →0062: There’s No Room at the Top
Mar 16, 2018Tap to summarize http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0062-2018-03-04.mp3
Transcribe →0061: Collapse Will Save Us
Mar 2, 2018Tap to summarizeFragility from Complexity Resource Exhaustion Diminishing Returns Global system with single points of failure Consumer culture turning earth into landfills Artificial Intelligence as a destabilizing force http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0061-2018-02-11.mp3
Transcribe →