Good Robot #1: The Magic Intelligence in the Sky

Future Perfect

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Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Tech News, News

4.5 • 622 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Before AI became a mainstream obsession, one thinker sounded the alarm about its catastrophic potential. So why are so many billionaires and tech leaders worried about… paper clips? Good Robot was made in partnership with Vox’s Unexplainable team. Episodes will be released on Wednesdays and Saturdays. For more, go to vox.com/goodrobot Support Future Perfect by becoming a Vox Member today: vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0	Suppose in the future there's an artificial intelligence.
1:08.4	We've created an AI so vastly powerful, so unfathomably intelligent,
1:13.6	that we might call it super intelligent.
1:16.6	Let's give this super intelligent AI a simple goal.
1:21.6	Produce...
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