#803 - Nick Bostrom - Are We Headed For AI Utopia Or Disaster?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 29 June 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Nick Bostrom is a philosopher, professor at the University of Oxford and an author For generations, the future of humanity was envisioned as a sleek, vibrant utopia filled with remarkable technological advancements where machines and humans would thrive together. As we stand on the supposed brink of that future, it appears quite different from our expectations. So what does humanity's future actually hold? Expect to learn what it means to live in a perfectly solved world, whether we are more likely heading toward a utopia or a catastrophe, how humans will find a meaning in a world that no longer needs our contributions, what the future of religion could look like, a breakdown of all the different stages we will move through on route to a final utopia, the current state of AI safety & risk and much more... Sponsors: Get a 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom (use code MW20) Get up to 70% off Gymshark's Summer Sale at https://gym.sh/modernwisdom (use code MW10) Get a 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 5.0 at https://manscaped.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: http://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: http://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: http://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's happening people? Welcome back to the show my guest today is Nick Bostrom. He's a philosopher, professor at the University of Oxford and an author.
0:08.8	For generations, the future of humanity was envisioned as a sleek, vibrant utopia filled with remarkable technological
0:15.4	advancements where machines and humans would thrive together.
0:19.2	As we stand on the supposed brink of that future, it appears quite different from our expectations.
0:26.1	So what does humanity's future actually hold?
0:29.6	Expect to learn what it means to live in a perfectly solved world, whether we are more likely heading
0:34.8	toward a utopia or a catastrophe, how humans will find meaning in a world that no longer
0:39.8	needs our contributions, what the future of religion could look like, a breakdown of all the different
0:44.9	stages we will move through en route to a final utopia, the current state of AI safety and risk,
0:51.2	and much more. You may have heard me talk about Nick for quite a while his
0:56.3	book Super Intelligence which came out 10 years ago in 2014 was super formative
1:01.0	it basically kicked off the entire AI risk and alignment
1:05.3	discussion and now he's come back with a book that works out what happens if we
1:09.8	get it right and it's still kind of apocalyptic actually to be honest but it's
1:14.4	fascinating it's so interesting the question of what happens if things go well and
1:18.5	what are the weird externalities that we face as a byproduct of that. It's so good. Nick is the most cited philosopher
1:26.2	in the world under the age of 50 and it kind of shows why he's very much at the forefront of a lot of the biggest questions that are being faced by humanity at the moment and I very much appreciate him and it has been very cool to finally get him on the show after nearly a decade of wanting to talk to him. So I hope that you enjoy this and my excitement.
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