Episodes
We talked about the Nexus Trilogy of novels as a way to further our thinking about the wizard hat idea Tim Urban wrote about in his article about Elon Musk's Neuralink.
Published 06/21/17
Are we living our lives as if AI were an existential threat?
Published 06/05/17
Tim Urban's article at Wait But Why: Elon Musk's Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
Published 05/05/17
Mostly a listener feedback episode. Lots of great stuff here!
Published 04/15/17
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.
Published 03/31/17
See https://concerning.ai/2017/03/17/0038-we-dont-want-to-die/
Published 03/17/17
Listener Voicemail & Comments Eric’s voicemail Evan’s comment (Our interview with Evan: ep 0011: Evan Prodromou, AI practitioner (part 1), ep 0012: Evan Prodromou, AI practitioner (part 2) John’s comment Ted got the author’s name wrong Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely (25:12) Moving on from Feedback into what’s going to get us from here to there Instantaneous Judgement (Stimulus-Response) Reinforcement […]
Published 03/04/17
Main topic of this show: Unexpected Consequences of Self Driving Cars by Rodney Brooks
Published 02/21/17
What should our values be? Could "Life is Precious" replace the Consumption Story?
Published 02/15/17
Do we need to do philosophy on a deadline? Can AI help make us better humans?
Published 02/08/17
Wind up your propeller hats! This one is a doozy. Hopefully someone can explain it to me (Ted).
Published 01/31/17
Too time constrained for show notes this time. If you want to send us notes to be added here, please do it! Best place to reach is is the Concerning AI group on Facebook. All of the listener feedback in this episode comes from that group. Thank you all! Subscribe in Overcast, iTunes, or through […]
Published 01/17/17
It's been a while since we recorded. What have we been up to?
Published 01/12/17
We recorded this episode on Nov 6, 2016, two days before the US election. Sorry it’s taken so long to get out. Also, no show notes due to need to simply get it published and avoid further delay. Enjoy! http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0029-2016-11-06.mp3
Published 11/21/16
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, […]
Published 10/18/16
Korey’s comment: … one question you asked on ‘The Locality Principle’, was what other people are doing to avert a possible AIpocalypse; I’m starting a company! An entertainment venture with one driving purpose: to create a fully realized virtual world, one with as many complex and varied entities as the real world itself. … Links for […]
Published 09/29/16
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 […]
Published 09/22/16
Some things we talked about: Companies developing narrow AI, not giving one thought about AI safety, because just getting the thing to work at all is really hard. Self-driving cars and how fast they’re progressing Difference between Open AI and MIRI in approach Weaponized offense and defense Eliezer’s thought about that missing the point http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0025-2016-09-04.mp3
Published 09/12/16
No notes this time, just a speculative conversation about some possible implications of the idea that we could be living in a simulation. Subscribe in Overcast, iTunes, or though our feed. To get in touch with us, visit the Concerning AI Facebook group. http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0024-2016-07-17.mp3 Post-Human Series by David Simpson
Published 07/21/16
This episode, we talk about this paper: A Few Useful Things to Know about Machine Learning
Published 05/29/16
We want robot surgeons, bus and taxi drivers and investment advisors. Do you?
Published 05/09/16
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