On Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014) with author Nick Bostrom, a philosophy professor at Oxford. Just grant the hypothetical that machine intelligence advances will eventually produce a machine capable of further improving itself, and becoming much smarter than we are. Put aside the question of whether such a being could in principle be conscious or Continue Reading …
Episode 108: Dangers of A.I. with Guest Nick Bostrom (Citizen Edition)
On Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014) with author Nick Bostrom, a philosophy professor at Oxford. Just grant the hypothetical that machine intelligence advances will eventually produce a machine capable of further improving itself, and becoming much smarter than we are. Put aside the question of whether such a being could in principle be conscious or Continue Reading …
Topic for #108: Dangers of A.I. with Guest Nick Bostrom
On 12/7/14, Dylan and I had a conversation with Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom about his new book Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. We were also joined by former podcaster Luke Muehlhauser (Conversations from the Pale Blue Dot), whose organization often works with Nick and coordinates an ongoing reading group on the book. Nick's Future of Humanity Institute Continue Reading …