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Will AI Chatbots Of Dead Loved Ones Haunt Us?

In this episode, I speak to AI ethicists Katarzyna Nowaczyk-Basińska & Tomasz Hollanek, who work at Cambridge University's Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI)

I ask about their fascinating and important paper, "Griefbots, Deadbots, Postmortem Avatars: on Responsible Applications of Generative AI in the Digital Afterlife Industry".

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Research:

(Paper) Griefbots, Deadbots, Postmortem Avatars: on Responsible Applications of Generative AI in the Digital Afterlife Industry: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-024-00744-w

(Paper mentioned at 31:02) Generative Ghosts: Anticipating Benefits and Risks of AI Afterlives

: https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.01662

Cambridge Summary - https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/call-for-safeguards-to-prevent-unwanted-hauntings-by-ai-chatbots-of-dead-loved-ones

Daily Mail - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13396253/AI-resurrect-dead-loved-one-scientists-HAUNT-you.html

Kasia:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/katarzyna-nowaczyk-basi%C5%84ska-phd-8365b990/

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Danail Stoyanov is a Professor of Robot Vision at the Department of Computer Science at UCL and the Director of the Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (WEISS).

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Wellcome / EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (WEISS) - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/interventional-surgical-sciences/wellcome-epsrc-centre-interventional-and-surgical-sciences-weiss

🕒 TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - What Does Your Work Involve?

1:10 - What Is Robot Vision?

3:16 - AI & Robotics In Surgery

8:09 - Director Of Research Centre

10:06 - Devices Dan's Created

11:03 - Medical Community's Response

14:31 - Dream Use Cases

18:13 - ChatGPT-Like Assistant System

19:42 - Future Home Treatments

20:40 - Will Surgery Ever Be Fully Autonomous?

24:44 - Dan's Early Interests (Architecture, Art)

27:30 - University & PhD

30:24 - What Motivates You To Do This Work?

31:07 - Other High-Impact Robotics Careers

31:58 - Neuralink

34:08 - Typical Week

37:04 - Being A Father

37:41 - What Is A Good Life?

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The legendary philosopher Daniel Dennett sadly passed away in April this year. In this episode, I interview one of Dan's friends, philosopher Keith Frankish, about Dan's philosophical achievements, personality and life.

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Keith's Tribute Article - https://iai.tv/articles/daniel-dennett-the-man-who-saw-realitys-patterns-auid-2816

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Dan's Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dennett

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Keith's Recommended Intro Book To Dan - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intuition-Pumps-Other-Tools-Thinking/dp/1491518871

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Who Was Dan Dennett?

4:46 - Not Just A Great Philosopher, But A Lovely Person

8:28 - Dan’s Greatest Philosophical Achievements

19:38 - AI & Counterfeit People

22:29 - What Motivated Dan To Do Philosophy?

28:45 - Did Dan Think Deeply About His Own Life?

34:50 - Keith’s Relationship With Dan

43:22 - A Funny Anecdote About Dan

45:34 - What Dan Taught Me About Living A Good Life

51:04 - Recommendations For Reading Dennett

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At age 74, Eddie Brockelsby became the oldest British woman to complete an Ironman Triathlon. She started running at the age of 52.

She is the founder and director of Silverfit, a charity dedicated to the promotion of the health benefits of physical activity for older people.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Best Events Completed

1:41 - Your Life Age 81

7:10 - Getting Into Running Age 52

9:5 2 - Training For & Completing Ironman's

15:18 - Silverfit Charity

17:54 - 50 Year Career In Social Work

20:15 - Gran Was Winston Churchill's Cook

21:20 - PhD In Adoption & Contact

24:02 - Writing 'Irongran' Book

25:30 - What Are You Proudest Of?

26:01 - Influence Of Husband's Death

26:56 - Advice For People Who Exercise Little

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28:47 - What Is A Good Life?

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David Papineau is amongst the world’s most prominent philosophers. In this episode I ask about his belief that we are on the brink of a moral crisis concerning artificial intelligence (AI).

David's a professor at King’s College London, having previously worked at Cambridge and City University of New York. His research focuses on the philosophy of mind, science, metaphysics and sport. The Human Podcast is a new show that explores the lives and stories of a wide range of individuals.

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Previous Episodes with David:

Life Story of David: https://youtu.be/6AyNonZ09J4

David Discusses AI, ChatGPT & LLMs (Apologies For Poor Audio): https://youtu.be/yfpLZZpuDas

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0:00 - What Is The Coming Moral Crisis?

9:08 - What Exactly Do We Have To Worry About?

14:51 - Why Is Focusing On Consciousness The Wrong Approach?

27:25 - What Is Your View On Morality?

33:56 - Should We Worry About False Positives?

38:36 - What Exactly Do You Predict Will Happen?

44:37 - Has Thinking About This Affected You?

45:16 - Why Are So Few Thinking About This Issue?

48:03 - Could You Imagine Becoming Friends With An AI?

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Dr Hugo Spiers is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at University College London and the director of the Spiers Lab. His work focuses on spatial cognition: how we remember, navigate and imagine space.

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Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=EmUb9kkAAAAJ&hl=en

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro

0:06 - What Is (Cognitive) Neuroscience?

2:52 - Early Experiences Learning About Science

3:59 - Deciding To Study Neuroscience

7:45 - PhD Research

9:24 - Becoming a Professor

11:44 - Most Impactful Research

19:24 - Research Focus: Spatial Cognition (Remembering, Navigating & Imagining Space)

29:06 - London Taxi Cabbie's Memory

33:41 - Fascination With Spatial Cognition

36:07 - UCL's Spiers Lab

38:17 - Google DeepMind

39:23 - Discussing AI with Demis Hassabis

45:45 - What Is A Good Life?

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Joel David Hamkins is a Mathematician and Philosopher who researches infinity. He is the O'Hara Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics at the University of Notre Dame.

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Substack (Infinitely More): https://www.infinitelymore.xyz/

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0:00 - Intro

0:48 - Humans Interest In Infinity

6:02 - Classic Paradoxes With Infinity

9:26 - Could You Really Always Keep Counting?

13:35 - Concrete & Abstract Objects

19:50 - What Is Infinity?

25:07 - What Exactly Is The Problem?

30:25 - Practical Implications of Understanding Infinity

33:13 - First Time You Thought About Infinity?

36:50 - Why Are You Fascinated By Infinity?

41:50 - Personal Life

43:58 - Artificial Intelligence & Understanding Infinity

49:21 - What Does It Mean To Live A Good Life?

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Professor Simon Baron Cohen is a professor of clinical psychologist and professor of clinical psychopathology at the University of Cambridge. He is the director of the Autism Research Centre (ARC) and one of world's leading autism researchers.

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0:07 - Early Experience Learning About Holocaust

4:56 - Simon's Parents Careers

6:05 - Simon's Sister's Condition

7:41 - Influence of Uta Frith

10:32 - Working at an Autistic School

14:01 - What is Autism?

17:08 - Disorder, Difference, Disability & Disease

22:45 - Public's Understanding of Autism

25:12 - Most Influential Autism Research

29:20 - Changing My Mind On Autism

32:07 - Systemising & Autism

35:14 - Career Highlights

42:15 - Motivation to Spend 40 Years on Autism

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53:51 - What Is A Good Life?

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David Papineau is one of the world’s leading philosophers. He's a professor at King’s College London, and previously worked at Cambridge and City University of New York. His research focuses on the philosophy of mind, science, metaphysics and sport.

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0:00 - Why'd You Become Interested in AI?

1:48 - What Can Philosophers Bring to AI / Knowing Geoff Hinton?

8:15 - How Did ChatGPT Change Your Views on AI?

11:21 - Understanding Next Token Prediction

22:12 - Are LLMs Thinkers?

32:47 - Would LLMs Pass The Turing Test?

36:12 - Will LLMs Be Considered People?

37:13 - What Was Your First Experience With An LLM Like?

40:15 - Do You Use LLMs?

41:48 - How Will AI Impact Philosophy?

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Ananyo Bhattacharya is the chief science writer at the London Insitute for Mathematical Sciences. He is the author of the Financial Times & TLS book of the year, The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann.

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The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Future-Visionary-Life-Neumann/dp/024139886X

ORDER OF CONVERSATION:

0:00 - Intro

0:24 - Top 3 Arguments Von Neumann Was The Smartest Person Ever

5:49 - Why Is He Not A Household Name?

11:12 - What Would He Think About The World Today?

17:46 - Why Have You Been So Interested In Him?

22:37 - What Was His Personality Like?

25:19 - How Did Writing The Book Change You?

30:13 - What Work & Leisure Do You Engage In?

36:06 - What Does It Mean To Live A Good Life?

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