Ep 68 | Will A.I. Murder us to Fight Cancer? | Guests: Joe Leonardo & David Polgar
The Political Orphanage
Andrew Heaton
4.9 • 1000 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The Pentagon is ramping up efforts to develop sophisticated AI before China does. What happens if China beats us? Either way, is AI going to murder us in our sleep, like Elon Musk says? Joe Leonardo and David Ryan Polgar, hosts of the "Funny As Tech" podcast join Heaton to allay and stoke his fears.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to something's off with Andrew Heaton. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome. Hello and welcome to Something's Off with Andrew Heaton. |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome back. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Andrew Heaton and the program today is brought to you by The Edible Suit from Suits by Terry. |
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| 1:03.6 | You might think, well I would simply push the little call Fire Department button on the panel. |
| 1:08.0 | Huh, sure buddy, good luck with that. |
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| 1:12.6 | None of those buttons are hooked up to anything, in my opinion. |
| 1:14.8 | No, Sari Bob, you'd be trapped in that opaque metal cage for 72 hours |
| 1:18.1 | until a janitor fishes you out. |
| 1:20.2 | Now chances are, if you're trapped in that elevator |
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