AI's Threat to the Future of Humanity (with Tam Hunt)

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.8 • 607 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Today on Change Agents, an IRONCLAD original, Andy Stumpf sits down with Tam Hunt to discuss the dangers that artificial intelligence poses to humanity. Tam Hunt is a public policy lawyer, author, and scholar. He is an Affiliate Guest in Psychology at the University of California Santa Barbara’s META Lab, where he focuses on topics like the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. His work covers several disciplines including renewable energy, neuroscience, philosophy, consciousness, foreign policy, and artificial intelligence. He is the author of the widely shared opinion piece that ran in Scientific American titled “Here’s Why AI May Be Extremely Dangerous—Whether It’s Conscious or Not.” The crux of his piece is this: “Artificial intelligence algorithms will soon reach a point of rapid self-improvement that threatens our ability to control them and poses great potential risk to humanity.” More about Tam Hunt: https://www.tam-hunt.com/ His books: - Mind, World, God: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-World-God-Science-Century/dp/057818916X - Eco, Ego, Eros: https://www.amazon.com/Eco-Ego-Eros-Philosophy-Spirituality/dp/0578118688 - Solar: https://www.amazon.com/Solar-Why-Energy-Future-Bright/dp/1508786283 The Future of Life Insitute's "Pause Giant AI Experiments" Open Letter: https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/ Sponsors: Fabric Life Insurance Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to protect their family. Apply today in just minutes at Meetfabric.com/changeagents Don't Miss Special Forces every Monday on Fox - https://www.fox.com/special-forces-worlds-toughest-test/ Subscribe to the Youtube Channel: @Thisisironclad Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: https://shop.thisisironclad.com/ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit https://www.thisisironclad.com to learn more. Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms. Follow us on Social - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisironclad Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ThisIsIRONCLAD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisisironclad TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisisironclad Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://thisisironclad.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	That's how warfare is going to be fought, I think, in the next war, is going to be setting the AIs loose on each other.
0:37.4	And so we are literally just sheltered down and these gods are fighting above us.
0:42.0	And we have no idea what they're doing in real time.
0:45.0	We can probably intervene in our human scale here and there, at least in the near term.
0:51.9	But of course, to make them effective, it's not hard to see.
0:55.5	You'll have to actually let them operate in their own time scale to be effective at combating the other AIs.
1:02.0	So you're going to have them let them make decisions in their own time frame,
1:05.4	which is going to be a million times fast in human decision making.
1:08.4	So effectively hit the, and they become autonomous
1:11.4	agents. And then they become these gods fighting in the heavens above us. And do we survive or not?
1:17.8	That's the question. You know, it really becomes the kind of scenario.
1:22.3	How can I help? How can I be useful in ending needless suffering? Do not be afraid of work that has no end.
1:32.4	We have to organize a social movement.
1:37.1	We have an opportunity to lead, by example, versus just talking, hot air.
1:43.1	I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow, eventually it could change.
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