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Is there an existential risk to humanity from AI? If so, what do we do about it?

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0020: AI in Fiction

AudioApril 26, 2016January 25, 2017 admin

Fiction is fun. And, we can’t rely on it to help us figure out what’s going to happen.

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0019: Do Ethics Give Cyborgs or Robots an Advantage?

AudioApril 11, 2016 admin

Human augmentation may be a way for humans to advance on par with non-biological beings (AIs), but do ethical guidelines make that less likely to happen?

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0018: The One True Doomsday

AudioApril 5, 2016 admin

Throughout history there have been doomsayers, yet we’re still here. What makes today’s doomsday scenarios different?

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0017: Give them the moon

AudioApril 1, 2016April 1, 2016 admin

What would it mean to entangle with technology rather than leave the biosphere behind? Could we just send the AI to the moon?

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0016: More on AlphaGo

AudioMarch 25, 2016 admin

Brandon is back and we talk at length about how AlphaGo works and what the implications are, such that we can see with our feeble human minds.

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0015: AlphaGo goes up 3-1 on Lee Sedol

AudioMarch 14, 2016March 14, 2016 admin

http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0015-2016-03-13.mp3 Ted talks with special guest Eric Saumur about AlphaGo, compassion, desires and more.

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0014: What if AI aren’t “Other”? – A kinder gentler podcast

AudioMarch 1, 2016March 1, 2016 admin

From now on, we seek to come from a place or empathy on this show, even when it seems to not make sense. There’s nothing to win here.

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0013: Listener Feedback

AudioFebruary 24, 2016 admin

Ben’s frustrated with us. Let’s see if we can figure out why.

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0012: Evan Prodromou, AI practitioner (part 2)

AudioFebruary 18, 2016 admin

This episode is the 2nd (and final) part of our conversation with Evan Prodromou, software developer, open source advocate and AI practitioner extraordinaire. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

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0011: Evan Prodromou, AI practitioner (part 1)

AudioFebruary 16, 2016 admin

Evan’s awesome. Great to talk with a bona fide AI practitioner. Just getting things started.

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