AI's Fork in the Road: Societal Bliss or Existential Threat?
One year after the release of ChatGPT, we explore the positive and negative paths AI could take and what individuals can do to assist with a positive outcome.
Topics covered include:
- How David uses AI to increase his personal productivity
- The societal and economic impacts of AI, including its potential to enhance corporate profitability and individual productivity
- Changes at OpenAI's executive level are examined, highlighting a shift in the organization's direction and philosophy
- What is Effective Altruism and why is it so focused on the catastrophic risks of AI
- What are the phases that would lead to a singularity in which AI poses a threat to humanity
- Why AI is still in the early stages, and how should individuals, businesses and regulators treat it at this point
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Show Notes
The economic and market impact of artificial intelligence—Capital Economics
The Fight for the Soul of A.I. by David Brooks—The New York Times
A.I. Belongs to the Capitalists Now by Kevin Roose—The New York Times
The ‘AI doomers’ have lost this battle by Benedict Evans—The Financial Times
What is the AI alignment problem and how can it be solved? by Edd Gent—NewScientist
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