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Niall Ferguson: Why AI won’t kill you and what Sam Altman got wrong

May 16, 2023

33:29

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Threat of Large Language Models in Politics

3min

The End of Humanity

6min

The Importance of Science Fiction in Geopolitics

3min

The Point of a Moratorium on AI Development

2min

Chat GBT and the Politics of Elections

4min

The Impact of AI on the Jobs Market

2min

The Singularity of Artificial Intelligence

3min

The Future of AI and Computers

2min

10.

The AI Aren't, Don't Hate You

4min

11.

The Future of Conflict Will Be Between Civilizations

4min

Celebrated historian Niall Ferguson, author of 17 books including Civilisation, a biography of Kissinger, a biography of the Rothschild family and Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe comes into to discuss AI. He recently wrote that the AI doomsdayists, including those behind the petition for a six month moratorium on AI development, should be taken seriously. But some of them think humanity’s end is around the corner. Niall and Winston discuss whether or not they are correct.

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