"Future AIs will be our descendants, not our killers" | Robin Hanson, associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University

21/08/2023 1h 8min Temporada 1 Episodio 10
"Future AIs will be our descendants, not our killers" | Robin Hanson, associate professor of economics at George Mason University, and research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University

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Episode Synopsis

Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He is the author of The Age of Em and The Elephant in the Mind, and recently wrote an article titled AIs Will Be Our Children for Quilette, which makes up much of the focus of this episode. In it, we cover:00:00 - Intro06:30 - AI risk & doomers11:00 - AI is our descendants13:45 - Foom16:45 - Transition to superinteligence21:00 - Passing on genes to AI33:30 - Human consciousness 43:00 - Human job displacement49:30 - will people want to be robots? 50:00 - Brain-Computer Interfaces Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.