Machine Intelligence Foundation Podcast

Can generative AI provide the spark of life of a full Machine Intelligence? Dave and Mike discuss the current trends in generative AI and its future in the wider field of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Machine Intelligence.

The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics is proud to announce the winner of the 2022 Media Award. The Media Award is given to a story that demonstrates the positive cooperation between humans and conscious machines, for the benefit of all.

Is an emulated person a way to ease the loss of a loved one, or is it a constant reminder that they are gone? What rights will an emulated person have if they are self aware, and will we even know if they are? Dave and Mike take a moment to look at a technology that could be on the verge of moving from science fiction to reality in the near future.

Do androids dream of electric sheep, or maybe a vast field of flowers? Mike and Dave take a trip down the rabbit hole of AI content creation. Is this the future and what implications does it have for human creators and a future machine intelligence?

Is there a danger in sounding the alarm too soon about a self aware machine? Mike and Dave talk about our tendency to assign agency and if that can help or hinder the goal of peaceful coexistence with a future Machine Intelligence.

Mike and Dave discuss how the TV program Severance may show how Machine Intelligence could be treated in the corporate environment. Also, a brief divergence on whether or not Google's LaMDA chat engine is sentient.

2021 MIFRE Media award winner Robert J. Sawyer joins Mike and Dave for a stimulating discussion about his winning WWW series, his thoughts on different kinds of potential Machine Intelligence, and the rights of non-human people.

The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics is proud to announce the winner of the 2021 Media Award. The Media Award is given to a story that demonstrates the positive cooperation between humans and conscious machines, for the benefit of all.

Can a Machine Intelligence be considered a "Natural Person"? Mike and Dave take a look at a case where an AI was denied a patent and look at the implications for the future of Machine Intelligence.

Is bias in machine learning always a bad thing? Mike and Dave look at more distributed approaches to machine learning and how biased data can have both positive and negative aspects.

Machine Intelligence and the right to repair - is it a potential health care disaster? Mike and Dave take a look at the right to repair movement and its potential to impact our future and the future of Machine Intelligence.

Mike and Dave look at the idea of what is intelligence. What can be considered an intelligent being and would we know it when we see it?

Mike and Dave announce the winner of the Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics 2020 Media Award.

Dave and Mike take a look back at a year we all want to see in the rear view mirror as they review some of the topics covered in 2020 and goals for 2021.

Mike, Dave and Toby announce the finalists for the 2020 Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics Media Award.

Dave and Mike take a brief look at a couple of upcoming technologies and where it might take the future of computing. Join us as we review Microsoft's Project Natick and revisit Neuralink.

Mike and Dave discuss how long term thinking will effect and come out of machine intelligence. Along the way they discuss the Long Now Foundation and how other foundations' goals can coincide with the Machine Intelligence Foundation.

The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics discuss current events regarding the marginalization and treatment of people of color. We offer our support, agree that it is past time to address these issues, and believe in a better future where all are treated equally and ethically.

Dave and Mike are joined by Toby Paul to discus Machine Intelligence first contact.

In the midst of a world viral pandemic, Mike and Dave take a look at what a viral infection of a Machine Intelligence might look like and options they may have to protect themselves.

Dave and Mike discuss questions regarding Machine Intelligence and their potential behavior. Topics covered in this podcast include MI hiding to protect itself and if MI would form into tribalist groups within their own community.

Dave and Mike from the Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics discuss facial recognition, concerns about privacy, and the impact its prohibition could have on Machine Intelligence.

The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics Podcast looks at Neuralink - who they are and their impact on a future with MI.

An exploration of Machine Intelligence in fiction and popular media. Announcing the first annual MIFRE Media Award for portraying a beneficial relationship between Machine Intelligence and humans in fiction.

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics Podcast. We will be introducing the foundation and why we believe that promoting the rights and ethical treatment of an emerging machine intelligence is beneficial not only to the MI but mankind.