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#324 - Debating the Future of AI

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Unscientific Argument for Omniscience

"If someone told you they could build a super intelligent AGI and you would fund that in a heartbeat, that is synonymous with several assumptions," he says. "It's also just assuming that there's some capacity for controlling something that is smarter than we are." He adds: "We've lost that game if we're playing chess with the omniscient chess engine"

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