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The Extra Dimension #31: The Philosophical Implications of the Technological Singularity
If machines become more capable than humans in every way, the world will certainly be in for a wild ride. What will this mean for our society, our morality, and our understanding of ourselves? Ian R Buck is joined by Ian Decker and Mike Sandberg to delve deep into this mind-blowing topic.
To find out more about the technologies that will bring us to the Singularity, listen to the companion episode on the Future Jam podcast!
Episode Summary
00:00:00 | Intro
00:02:19 | Defining the Technological Singularity
00:06:18 | Historical Trends
00:13:48 | Augmenting Ourselves
00:20:56 | Consciousness and Robot Rights
00:34:24 | Backing Up the Human Mind
00:37:36 | Merging Our Minds
00:42:14 | The Chinese Room Argument
00:45:57 | The Digital Divide
00:51:47 | Existential Risks
00:54:07 | Gray Goo
01:04:15 | Hostile AI
01:09:08 | Ethics of the Singularity
01:19:46 | Outro
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The Extra Dimension is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to https://thenexus.tv/ted31/.
This episode of The Extra Dimension has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #471: TED #31 — The Royal “You”!
Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Twitter and Google+ for our latest episodes and news.
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If machines become more capable than humans in every way, the world will certainly be in for a wild ride. What will this mean for our society, our morality, and our understanding of ourselves? Ian R Buck is joined by Ian Decker and Mike Sandberg to delve deep into this mind-blowing topic.
To find out more about the technologies that will bring us to the Singularity, listen to the companion episode on the Future Jam podcast!
Episode Summary
00:00:00 | Intro
00:02:19 | Defining the Technological Singularity
00:06:18 | Historical Trends
00:13:48 | Augmenting Ourselves
00:20:56 | Consciousness and Robot Rights
00:34:24 | Backing Up the Human Mind
00:37:36 | Merging Our Minds
00:42:14 | The Chinese Room Argument
00:45:57 | The Digital Divide
00:51:47 | Existential Risks
00:54:07 | Gray Goo
01:04:15 | Hostile AI
01:09:08 | Ethics of the Singularity
01:19:46 | Outro
Attributions
Copyright
The Extra Dimension is released under a Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International license. Feel free to use any or all of it as long as you link back to https://thenexus.tv/ted31/.
This episode of The Extra Dimension has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #471: TED #31 — The Royal “You”!
Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Twitter and Google+ for our latest episodes and news.