The Soho Forum Debates Will AI Destroy Humanity?
Nov 17, 2023
Susan Schneider and Jobst Landgrebe debate the threat of AI to humanity. They discuss the evolution of chatbots, the limitations of AI, the relationship between intelligence and consciousness, regulating deep fakes, and the resolution of the debate on AI's threat.
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AI as Existential Threat
- AI poses a potential threat to humanity's survival, necessitating government intervention.
- LLMs, like GPT-4, are rapidly evolving, becoming multimodal and increasingly intelligent.
AI's Non-Darwinian Evolution
- AI's development, unlike biological intelligence, is driven by intelligent design, financial interests, and physical constraints.
- This non-Darwinian evolution raises concerns about whether market forces alone are sufficient for responsible AI development.
Distributed Intelligence
- The future of AI likely involves distributed, network-based intelligence rather than a singular, Terminator-like system.
- Various examples of distributed intelligence exist in nature, like slime molds, mushroom networks, octopuses, and even the human brain.