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2024-12-07 Matthew Bailey -- The “AGE of AI”


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Science and history have divided epochs of human progress into various "ages"--
The "Stone age" ... the "Iron Age" ... the "Industrial Age" ....
Well, the subject of my discussion tonight with Matthew Bailey -- AI, as understood by Dr. Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and geopolitical "giant" of the 20th century -- is presenting us his view of the grave implications regarding this now imminent "Age of Artificial Intelligence."
Kissinger warns that -- if we don't get this 'new age' right ... it may well be the "Last Age" ....
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Question: What do you think is the primary geopolitical implication of the growth of artificial intelligence?
" ... if you say, ‘Target A is what I want,’ they [the AIs running your war] might decide that something else meets these criteria even better. So, you’re in a world of slight uncertainty; ... since nobody has really tested these things on a broad-scale operation [like, a war ...], you can’t tell exactly what will happen when AI fighter planes on both sides interact; you are then in a world of potentially total destructiveness and [simultaneously] substantial uncertainty as to [the ultimate outcome of] what you’re doing ...."
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Richard C. Hoagland
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