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How to Think About the Current Moment in A.I. | John Borthwick

Apr 10, 2023

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The rapid adoption of ChatGPT has raised questions about whether the immersive future of artificial intelligence discussed in the past has arrived.

The general perception of AI has been influenced by Hollywood and recent advancements in models like ChatGPT, leading to a broad understanding of its capabilities.

Artificial intelligence has advanced at a surprising pace in the last few months, with computational neural networks and lowered training costs enabling widespread development and adoption.

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The rapid adoption of chat GPT prompts a reevaluation of AI's impact

The speaker revisits the challenges and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence and machine learning. They question if the immersive future they previously discussed has arrived with the rapid adoption of chat GPT. They consider the appropriate response for the public, companies, and governments in relation to this technology.

The Power of Narratives in Politics. And in AI?

01:55

The Rise of Theory of Mind in AI

02:52

Lack of trust in institutions and Power of AI

01:23

Evolution of the term of AI

00:48

Introduction

3min

The John Borthwick TLDR

3min

The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence

5min

The Bottlenecks Holding AI Back

2min

The Emergence of Predictive Text

2min

The Rise of Theory of Mind in AI

3min

The Decline of the Cost of Training AI Models

3min

The Singularity of AGI

2min

The Health of Social Media

4min

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The Darkness of the 70s

2min

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The Existential Doubt of Sustainability in the Age of AI

5min

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The Dialectical Nature of Technology

4min

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The Importance of Governance in the United States

4min

14.

The Disinformation Machine and the Invasion of Ukraine

4min

15.

The Deep State and the Politics of Power

3min

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The Rise and Fall of the Right

4min

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The Importance of Understanding the Possibility Space

2min

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The Alignment Problem and the AI Control Problem

4min

In Episode 307 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with the founder and CEO of Betaworks, John Borthwick about the current moment in artificial intelligence. In John’s first appearance on the podcast in 2017, Demetri and he spoke about the challenges and opportunities present in the field of A.I. and how we could progress technologically into an immersive future of superintelligence and simulation without losing touch with our humanity. The incredibly rapid adoption of ChatGPT has caused both Demetri and John to revisit these questions and whether that immersive future that they spoke about then has finally arrived.

How we would even know if it has and what the appropriate response to the current moment is for the public, for companies investing in this technology, and for governments seeking to regulate and exploit it is the subject of the episode’s second hour, which is available to premium subscribers.

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Episode Recorded on 04/06/2023

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Hidden Forces

How to Think About the Current Moment in A.I. | John Borthwick

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

The rapid adoption of chat GPT prompts a reevaluation of AI's impact

Defining AI and the public's understanding of it

The rapid advancements in AI and potential bottlenecks

The public conversation around AI

The need for narratives, heuristics, and new systems

The Power of Narratives in Politics. And in AI?

The Rise of Theory of Mind in AI

Lack of trust in institutions and Power of AI

Evolution of the term of AI

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts