Iain S. Thomas & Jasmine Wang: Can AI Answer Life’s Biggest Questions?

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Mention to someone the words “artificial intelligence,” and chances are you’ll get a very emotional response. For some, the thought of AI triggers fear, anger, and suspicion; for others, great excitement and anticipation. In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with technologist and philosopher Jasmine Wang along with poet Iain S. Thomas, coauthors of the new book What Makes Us Human? An Artificial Intelligence Answers Life’s Biggest Questions. Whatever your view on AI, we think you’ll find this conversation profoundly interesting and informative! Listen now as Tami, Jasmine, and Iain discuss the artificial intelligence known as GPT-3; holding an attitude of “critical techno optimism”; finding kinship with digital beings; the question of sentience; the sometimes “hallucinatory” nature of generative AI; the three main aspects of deep learning technology—classification, recommendation, and generation; AI as a creativity compounder; bringing a moral lens to the development and deployment of AI; the central human themes of presence, love, and interconnectedness; acting with intent and living with meaning; and more. Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. My name's Tammy Simon and I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I want to welcome you to the Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge.
0:12.0	I also want to take a moment to introduce you to Sounds True's new membership community and digital platform.
0:18.9	It's called Sounds True One.
0:21.7	Sounds True One features original, premium, transformational docu series, community events,
0:29.0	classes to start your day and relax in the evening, special weekly live shows,
0:36.0	including a video version of Insights at the Edge with an after-show
0:41.3	community question and answer session with featured guests. I hope you'll come join us, explore,
0:48.6	come have fun with us, and connect with others. You can learn more at join.soundstrue.com.
0:56.4	I also want to take a moment and introduce you to the Sounds True Foundation,
1:00.4	our nonprofit that creates equitable access to transformational tools and teachings.
1:08.6	You can learn more at SoundsTrueFoundation.org.
1:11.6	And in advance, thank you for your support.
1:15.6	This episode of Insights at the Edge features Ian Thomas and Jasmine Wang.
1:21.6	Ian Thomas is a poet, a novelist, and a new media artist
1:26.6	whose work focuses on the intersection of creativity
1:30.3	and technology. Jasmine Wang is a technologist and philosopher. She's worked with the partnership
1:37.8	on AI, the Future of Humanity Institute, Open AI, Microsoft Research and the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, and more.
1:48.0	Together, they partnered with GPT3, an artificial intelligence developed by Open AI to create the new Sounds True book, What Makes Us Human?
1:59.0	And artificial intelligence answers life's biggest questions.
2:03.6	Take a listen.
2:05.6	All right, here we go. Ian, Jasmine, welcome.
2:12.6	Thank you for having us.
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