Concerning AI | Existential Risk From Artificial Intelligence

By Brandon Sanders & Ted Sarvata

What's Concerning AI | Existential Risk From Artificial Intelligence about?

We explore our concerns about intelligent machines (Artificial Intelligence), how valid those concerns are, and what actions we might take.

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0070: We Don’t Get to Choose

10.23.2018

Or do we? http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0070-2018-09-30.mp3

Concerning AI | Existential Risk From Artificial Intelligence episodes:

10.23.2018 0070: We Don’t Get to Choose Or do we? http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0070-2018-09-30.mp3
09.05.2018 0069: Will bias get us first? Ted interviews Jacob Ward, former editor of Popular Science, journalist at many outlets. Jake’s article about the book he’s writing: Black Box Jake’s website JacobWard.com Implicit bias tests at Harvard We discuss the idea that we’re currently using narrow AIs ...
07.23.2018 0068: Sanityland: More on Assassination Squads Sane or insane?
07.06.2018 0067: The OpenAI Charter (and Assassination Squads) We love the OpenAI Charter. This episode is an introduction to the document and gets pretty dark. Lots more to come on this topic!
05.03.2018 0066: The AI we have is not the AI we want http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0066-2018-04-01.mp3
04.19.2018 0065: AGI Fire Alarm There’s No Fire Alarm for Artificial General Intelligence by Eliezer Yudkowsky http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0065-2018-03-18.mp3
04.05.2018 0064: AI Go Foom We discuss Intelligence Explosion Microeconomics by Eliezer Yudkowsky http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0064-2018-03-11.mp3
03.26.2018 0063: Ted’s Talk Ted gave a live talk a few weeks ago.
03.16.2018 0062: There’s No Room at the Top http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0062-2018-03-04.mp3
03.02.2018 0061: Collapse Will Save Us Some believe civilization will collapse before the existential AI risk has a chance to play out. Are they right?
02.13.2018 0060: Peter Scott’s Timeline For Artificial Intelligence Risks Timeline For Artificial Intelligence Risks Peter’s Superintelligence Year predictions (5% chance, 50%, 95%): 2032/2044/2059 You can get in touch with Peter at HumanCusp.com and [email protected] For reference (not discussed in this episode): Crisis of Control: How Artificial SuperIntelligences May Destroy ...
01.30.2018 0059: Unboxing the Spectre of a Meltdown SpectreAttack.com http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0059-2018-01-14.mp3
01.16.2018 0058: Why Disregard the Risks? There are understandable reasons why accomplished leaders in AI disregard AI risks. We discuss what they might be. Wikipedia’s list of cognitive biases Alpha Zero Virtual Reality recorded January 7, 2017, originally posted to Concerning.AI http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0058-2018-01-07.mp3
01.02.2018 0057: Waymo is Everybody? If the Universe Is Teeming With Aliens, Where is Everybody? http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0057-2017-11-12.mp3
12.19.2017 0056: Julia Hu of Lark, an AI Health Coach Julia Hu, founder and CEO of Lark, an AI health coach, is our guest this episode. Her tech is really cool and clearly making a positive difference in lots of people's lives right now. Longer term, she doesn't see much ...
12.05.2017 0055: Sean Lane Ted had a fascinating conversation with Sean Lane, founder and CEO of Crosschx.
11.21.2017 0054: Predictions of When We often talk about how know one really knows when the singularity might happen (if it does), when human-level AI will exist (if ever), when we might see superintelligence, etc. Back in January, we made up a 3 number system ...
11.07.2017 0053: Listener Feedback Great voice memos from listeners led to interesting conversations.
10.24.2017 0052: Paths to AGI #4: Robots Revisited We continue our mini series about paths to AGI. Sam Harris’s podcast about the nature of consciousness Robot or Not podcast See also: 0050: Paths to AGI #3: Personal Assistants 0047: Paths to AGI #2: Robots 0046: Paths to AGI ...
10.10.2017 0051: Rodney Brooks Says Not To Worry Rodney Brooks article: The Seven Deadly Sins of Predicting the Future of AI
09.25.2017 0050: Paths to AGI #3: Personal Assistants 3rd in a series about future of current narrow AIs.
09.11.2017 0049: After On by Rob Reid Read After On by Rob Reid, before you listen or because you listen.
09.05.2017 0047: Paths to AGI #2: Robots This is our 2nd episode thinking about possible paths to superintelligence focusing on one kind of narrow AI each show. This episode is about embodiment and robots. It's possible we never really agreed about what we were talking about and ...
08.29.2017 0048: AI XPrize and Thrival Festival (special mini-episode) For show notes, please see https://concerning.ai/2017/08/29/0048-ai-xprize-and-thrival-festival-special-mini-episode/
08.22.2017 0046: Paths to AGI #1: Tools How might we get from today's narrow AIs to AGI? This episode focus is tools.
08.08.2017 0045: We Enjoy Our Stories Is all AI-involved science fiction the same?
06.21.2017 0044: Nexus Trilogy We talked about the Nexus Trilogy of novels as a way to further our thinking about the wizard hat idea Tim Urban wrote about in his article about Elon Musk's Neuralink.
06.05.2017 0043: Not a Propeller Hat Episode Are we living our lives as if AI were an existential threat?
05.22.2017 0042: Listener Feedback Listener Feedback this episode
05.05.2017 0041: Can Neuralink Save Us? Tim Urban's article at Wait But Why: Elon Musk's Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
04.15.2017 0040: If it were superintelligent, it would be hard to argue with Mostly a listener feedback episode. Lots of great stuff here!
03.31.2017 0039: We Need More Sparrow Fables We need better language to talk about these difficult technical topics. See https://concerning.ai/2017/03/31/0039-we-need-more-sparrow-fables/ for notes.
03.17.2017 0038: We Don’t Want to Die See https://concerning.ai/2017/03/17/0038-we-dont-want-to-die/
03.04.2017 0037: Listeners Gone Wild Listener Voicemail & Comments Eric’s voicemail Evan’s comment (Our interview with Evan: ep 0011: Evan Prodromou, AI practitioner (part 1), ep 0012: Evan Prodromou, AI practitioner (part 2) John’s comment Ted got the author’s name wrong Predictably Irrational by Dan ...
02.21.2017 0036: Baby You Can Drive My Car Main topic of this show: Unexpected Consequences of Self Driving Cars by Rodney Brooks
02.15.2017 0035: New Water Story What should our values be? Could "Life is Precious" replace the Consumption Story?
02.08.2017 Concerning AI: Episode XXXIV – A New Hope Do we need to do philosophy on a deadline? Can AI help make us better humans?
01.31.2017 0033: Mind Game and the Curse of Dimensionality Wind up your propeller hats! This one is a doozy. Hopefully someone can explain it to me (Ted).
01.25.2017 0032: Westworld In which we talk about Westworld, among other things.
01.17.2017 0031: Listener Feedback Too time constrained for show notes this time. If you want to send us notes to be added here, please do it! Best place to reach is is the Concerning AI group on Facebook. All of the listener feedback in ...
01.12.2017 0030: Season 2, Episode 1 It's been a while since we recorded. What have we been up to?
11.21.2016 0029: I Disagree, Therefore I am We recorded this episode on Nov 6, 2016, two days before the US election. Sorry it’s taken so long to get out. Also, no show notes due to need to simply get it published and avoid further delay. Enjoy! http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0029-2016-11-06.mp3
10.18.2016 0028: Food for Thought Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence Fiction from Liu Cixin: The Three Body Problem The Dark Forest Death’s End We’re a lot more beautiful if we try. (5:41) The Upward Spiral (9:45) Are we getting any wiser? (12:43) What are we trying for? ...
09.29.2016 0027: Listener Feedback and the Locality Effect Korey’s comment: … one question you asked on ‘The Locality Principle’, was what other people are doing to avert a possible AIpocalypse; I’m starting a company! An entertainment venture with one driving purpose: to create a fully realized virtual world, ...
09.22.2016 0026: The Locality Principle http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0026-2016-09-18.mp3 These notes won’t be much use without listening to the episode, but if you do listen, one or two of you might find one or two of them helpful. Lyle Cantor‘s comment (excerpt) in the Concerning AI Facebook group: ...
09.12.2016 0025: The Concerning AI Summer is Over Some things we talked about: Companies developing narrow AI, not giving one thought about AI safety, because just getting the thing to work at all is really hard. Self-driving cars and how fast they’re progressing Difference between Open AI and ...
07.21.2016 0024: Simulation Revisited No notes this time, just a speculative conversation about some possible implications of the idea that we could be living in a simulation. Subscribe in Overcast, iTunes, or though our feed. To get in touch with us, visit the Concerning ...
06.10.2016 0023: That Would Just Be Absurd Are people better than robots?
05.29.2016 0022: A Few Useful Things to Know about Machine Learning This episode, we talk about this paper: A Few Useful Things to Know about Machine Learning
05.09.2016 0021: Some of ’em wear dapper suits We want robot surgeons, bus and taxi drivers and investment advisors. Do you?

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What's Concerning AI | Existential Risk From Artificial Intelligence about?

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Concerning AI | Existential Risk From Artificial Intelligence episodes:

0070: We Don’t Get to Choose

0069: Will bias get us first?

0068: Sanityland: More on Assassination Squads

0067: The OpenAI Charter (and Assassination Squads)

0066: The AI we have is not the AI we want

0065: AGI Fire Alarm

0064: AI Go Foom

0063: Ted’s Talk

0062: There’s No Room at the Top

0061: Collapse Will Save Us

0060: Peter Scott’s Timeline For Artificial Intelligence Risks

0059: Unboxing the Spectre of a Meltdown

0058: Why Disregard the Risks?

0057: Waymo is Everybody?

0056: Julia Hu of Lark, an AI Health Coach

0055: Sean Lane

0054: Predictions of When

0053: Listener Feedback

0052: Paths to AGI #4: Robots Revisited

0051: Rodney Brooks Says Not To Worry

0050: Paths to AGI #3: Personal Assistants

0049: After On by Rob Reid

0047: Paths to AGI #2: Robots

0048: AI XPrize and Thrival Festival (special mini-episode)

0046: Paths to AGI #1: Tools

0045: We Enjoy Our Stories

0044: Nexus Trilogy

0043: Not a Propeller Hat Episode

0042: Listener Feedback

0041: Can Neuralink Save Us?

0040: If it were superintelligent, it would be hard to argue with

0039: We Need More Sparrow Fables

0038: We Don’t Want to Die

0037: Listeners Gone Wild

0036: Baby You Can Drive My Car

0035: New Water Story

Concerning AI: Episode XXXIV – A New Hope

0033: Mind Game and the Curse of Dimensionality

0032: Westworld

0031: Listener Feedback

0030: Season 2, Episode 1

0029: I Disagree, Therefore I am

0028: Food for Thought

0027: Listener Feedback and the Locality Effect

0026: The Locality Principle

0025: The Concerning AI Summer is Over

0024: Simulation Revisited

0023: That Would Just Be Absurd

0022: A Few Useful Things to Know about Machine Learning

0021: Some of ’em wear dapper suits

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