How to Think About the Current Moment in A.I. | John Borthwick

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Government, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 307 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with the founder and CEO of Betaworks, John Borthwick about the current moment in artificial intelligence. In John’s first appearance on the podcast in 2017, Demetri and he spoke about the challenges and opportunities present in the field of A.I. and how we could progress technologically into an immersive future of superintelligence and simulation without losing touch with our humanity. The incredibly rapid adoption of ChatGPT has caused both Demetri and John to revisit these questions and whether that immersive future that they spoke about then has finally arrived.

How we would even know if it has and what the appropriate response to the current moment is for the public, for companies investing in this technology, and for governments seeking to regulate and exploit it is the subject of the episode’s second hour, which is available to premium subscribers.

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Episode Recorded on 04/06/2023

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? My name is Demetra Grafinas and you're listening to Hidden Forces,
0:06.0	a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens, the challenge consensus narratives,
0:14.0	and to learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:19.0	My guest in today's episode is John Borthwick, the founder and CEO of BetaWorks.
0:25.0	John is not only a friend, but also a brilliant and wonderful human being.
0:30.0	He was one of my very first guests back when the podcast first launched in 2017,
0:35.0	when we spoke about the challenges and opportunities present in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning,
0:42.0	and had to progress technologically into this immersive future of superintelligence,
0:46.0	disembodied consciousness and simulation in a way that wouldn't cause us to lose touch with our humanity.
0:54.0	The incredibly rapid adoption of chat GPT has caused me to revisit these questions,
1:00.0	and I asked John to come back on the podcast so that we could revisit them together,
1:04.0	and consider whether that immersive future that we spoke about then has finally arrived.
1:10.0	How we would even know it, and what the appropriate response to the current moment is for the public,
1:15.0	for companies investing in this technology, and for governments seeking to regulate and exploit it,
1:21.0	is the subject of the episode's second hour.
1:24.0	If you want access to that part of the conversation, and you're not already subscribed to Hidden Forces,
1:29.0	you can join our premium feed, and listen to the second half of today's episode
1:33.0	by going to hiddenforces.io slash subscribe.
1:38.0	All of our content tiers give you access to our premium feed,
1:41.0	which you can listen to on your mobile device, using your favorite podcast app,
1:45.0	just like you're listening to this episode right now.
1:49.0	If you want to join in on the conversation, and become a member of the Hidden Forces'
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