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#305 – Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang

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Is Hal 9000 Good or Bad?

I wanted the great space movies ever made. And it's still probably the greatest AI movie ever made. Do you think Hal is good or evil? If you ask it, probably in that context, it was probably good. I think we got to be very careful of the extent to which AI, which can handle lots of information, actually makes the decision for our oversight. But if we turn a bit to the short term concerns with robotics, I think the big worry, of course, is the effect it has on people's self-respect and their labor market. We should benefit from these technologies, take over the mind-numbing jobs, and use machines to make them more efficient,.

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