Dr. John Vervaeke

AI: The Coming Thresholds and The Path We Must Take

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May 9, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 3min
2
The Scientific Value of AI
02:39 • 2min
3
The Skepticism of the GPT Machines
05:08 • 5min
4
The Importance of Foresight in Exponential Growth
10:11 • 3min
5
The Cartesian Project of Unlimited Knowledge
12:52 • 2min
6
The Complexity of the Superhuman Intelligence
14:57 • 4min
7
The Future of Machine Learning
18:54 • 5min
8
The Religious Consequences of Nostalgia
23:43 • 3min
9
The Cargo Cult Around the Emerging AI
26:28 • 4min
10
The Dangers of Technological Framing
30:43 • 2min
11
The Historical Importance of the GPT Machines
33:01 • 2min
12
The Scientific Value of the GPT Machines
35:07 • 4min
13
The Radical Insufficiency of Propositional Knowing for Personhood
38:53 • 3min
14
The Importance of Relevance Realization
41:45 • 3min
15
The Importance of Relevance Realization in Deep Learning
44:32 • 6min
16
The Problem With the Machine's Self Correction
50:09 • 3min
17
The Positive Manifold in GPT Four
52:45 • 2min
18
The Future of Semantic Information
54:41 • 4min
19
The Military Push for the Embodiment of AI
58:47 • 2min
20
The Four E's and the Importance of Relevance Realization
01:01:10 • 3min
21
The Doom and Gloom
01:03:51 • 3min
22
The Importance of Primitive Cognition
01:07:12 • 2min
23
The Importance of Relevance Realization
01:08:50 • 3min
24
The Metaphor of the Lab Versus the Family
01:12:14 • 2min
25
The Importance of Rationality in Intelligent Life
01:13:47 • 4min
26
The Art of Prompting Machines
01:17:46 • 3min
27
The Trade-Off Relationship Between Efficiency and Resiliency
01:21:08 • 5min
28
How to Overcome Bias in Machine Learning
01:25:52 • 2min
29
The Importance of Rationality
01:28:05 • 3min
30
Rationality: A Higher Version of Life
01:31:03 • 6min
31
The Psychedelic Equivalent for an AI
01:36:46 • 2min
32
Making Pornography and the Military Intelligent
01:38:19 • 4min
33
The Spiritual Somatic Axis
01:41:56 • 4min
34
How to Deal With Alignment
01:45:26 • 3min