This podcast discusses the concerns and potential consequences of developing superintelligent AI. It raises questions about the ethics of creating conscious AI and the potential risks associated with giving them unlimited power.
The podcast explores the question of whether super-intelligent AI is just around the corner and discusses the implications of an inhuman and joyless future.
The conversation delves into the fear that once an AI becomes powerful enough to be dangerous, mistakes may occur that can have catastrophic consequences for humanity.
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Building a Transformative AI System
The new season of tectonic is focused on the goal of creating a truly transformative AI system. AI companies aim to develop machines with superhuman intelligence. While some believe this technology will save the world, others express concerns about its potential to harm humanity. The podcast explores the question of whether super-intelligent AI is just around the corner and discusses the implications of an inhuman and joyless future.
Debating the Risks of AI
The podcast raises the important question of whether it is wise to grant unlimited power to an AI system that could potentially pose a threat to humanity. The conversation delves into the fear that once an AI becomes powerful enough to be dangerous, mistakes may occur that can have catastrophic consequences for humanity. The episode examines the ongoing debate about the potential dangers and wonders how worried we should be about the rapid development of super-intelligent AI.
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Building a Transformative AI System: The Potential of Superintelligent AI
In a new series of Tech Tonic, FT journalists Madhumita Murgia and John Thornhill look at the concerns around the rise of artificial intelligence. Will superintelligent AI bring existential risk, or a new renaissance? Would it be ethical to build conscious AI? How intelligent are these machines anyway? The new season of Tech Tonic from the Financial Times, drops mid-November.
Presented by Madhumita Murgia and John Thornhill. Senior producer is Edwin Lane and producer Josh Gabert-Doyon. Executive produced by Manuela Saragosa. Sound design by Breen Turner and Samantha Giovinco. Original music by Metaphor Music. The FT’s head of audio is Cheryl Brumley.