0049: After On by Rob Reid

AudioSeptember 11, 2017 admin

Read After On by Rob Reid, before you listen or because you listen.

0039: We Need More Sparrow Fables

AudioMarch 31, 2017March 31, 2017 admin

We need better language to talk about these difficult technical topics. See https://concerning.ai/2017/03/31/0039-we-need-more-sparrow-fables/ for notes.

Concerning AI: Episode XXXIV – A New Hope

AudioFebruary 8, 2017February 8, 2017 admin

Do we need to do philosophy on a deadline? Can AI help make us better humans?

0028: Food for Thought

AudioOctober 18, 2016October 18, 2016 admin

Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence Fiction from Liu Cixin: The Three Body Problem The Dark Forest Death’s End We’re a lot more beautiful if we try. (5:41) The Upward Spiral (9:45) Are we getting any wiser? (12:43) What are we trying for? To continue an aesthetic lineage. (13:55) Kurzweil. When the machines tell us they are human, […]

0026: The Locality Principle

AudioSeptember 22, 2016 admin

http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0026-2016-09-18.mp3 These notes won’t be much use without listening to the episode, but if you do listen, one or two of you might find one or two of them helpful. Lyle Cantor‘s comment (excerpt) in the Concerning AI Facebook group: Regarding the OpenAI strategy of making sure we have more than one superhuman AI, this is […]