Nick Bostrom: Worries About AI Existential Risk Just Became More Concrete
Notes de l’épisode
Nick Bostrom is an AI philosopher and the author of Superintelligence and Deep Utopia. Bostrom joins Big Technology to discuss whether the rise of autonomous AI agents is making the technology’s existential risks more concrete. Tune in to hear his assessment of the alignment problem, recursive self-improvement, and humanity’s chances of steering superintelligence toward a positive outcome. We also cover whether we have reached AGI, the case for a precisely timed AI pause, biological threats, AI consciousness, and the moral status of digital minds. Hit play for a clear-eyed conversation about AI’s greatest dangers and its potential to radically improve human life.
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