Michael Lynch: What Happens When AI Becomes Smarter Than Humans?

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

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🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Michael Lynch examines epistemic shock, truth-seeking challenges, and ethical risks from AGI emergence He examines the ethical risks AI poses to humanity and argues for deeper philosophical scrutiny of future technologies.SPONSORS:- Patreon: early access to ad‑free audio episodes! https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto donations: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal donations: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- TOE merchandise: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerch Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. SPONSOR: I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Raise a spoon to Grandma, who always took all the hungry cousins to McDonald's for McNuggets and the PlayPlay Slide.
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0:13.3	They're participating in McDonald's for a limited time.
0:15.0	We already know that everything we access on the Internet almost is personalized.
0:20.4	All the news that comes down our Facebook feed,
0:23.1	all the ads that we face when we're reading the New York Times, all these are personalized
0:28.8	to fit our personal preferences and our past history online and off. And that's fantastic
0:34.8	when you're trying to figure out what to watch tonight. It's not so fantastic when you're hunting for facts. Because when you're trying to figure out what to watch tonight.
0:38.2	It's not so fantastic when you're hunting for facts.
0:41.2	Because when you're only getting the facts in your searches and on your social media feed that
0:45.5	fit your pre-existing preferences, that's not a recipe for bursting your bubble.
0:50.2	It's a recipe for hardening it.
0:53.7	Michael Lynch is a professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, whose research
0:58.4	specializes in truth, democracy, ethics, and epistemology.
1:02.2	This talk was given at Mindfest, put on by the Center for the Future Mind, which is spearheaded
1:07.0	by Professor of Philosophy, Susan Schneider.
1:09.5	It's a conference that's annually held,
1:11.3	where they merge artificial intelligence and consciousness studies, and held at Florida Atlantic University.
1:17.1	The links to all of these will be in the description. There's also a playlist here for MindFest.
1:22.2	Again, that's that conference merging AI and consciousness. There are previous talks from people
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