0049: After On by Rob Reid
Read After On by Rob Reid, before you listen or because you listen.
Tag: Nick Bostrom
0039: We Need More Sparrow Fables
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
Do we need to do philosophy on a deadline? Can AI help make us better humans?
0028: Food for Thought
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
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 […]
0020: AI in Fiction
Fiction is fun. And, we can’t rely on it to help us figure out what’s going to happen.
0013: Listener Feedback
Ben’s frustrated with us. Let’s see if we can figure out why.
0005: Paths to Superintelligence
How might we get to superintelligence? This episode explores some possible paths, or maybe simply directions.
0004: Prioritization of Risks
Existential risk – One where an adverse outcome would either annihilate Earth- originating intelligent life or permanently and drastically curtail its potential
Concerning AI 