Podcasts about Technological singularity

Are Smart Cities the Next Step in Global Surveillance? The Dangerous Dames Reveal What They Don't Want You to Know Join co-hosts Courtenay Turner (host of The Courtenay Turner Podcast) and Dr. Lee Merritt (the Medical Rebel) for another thought-provoking episode of The Dangerous Dames, airing Monday at 5pm CST. Each week, these two outspoken voices dive into the "dangerous truths the mainstream doesn't want you to hear," tackling the latest in current events, politics, and health from their unique perspectives. This week, Courtenay and Dr. Merritt will break down the most pressing headlines, offering their candid takes on political developments and health issues shaping the national conversation. The episode will also feature a soft-focus segment on the rise of "Smart Cities" and the controversial concept of "15-minute cities"-urban planning models designed to ensure residents can access everything they need within a short walk or bike ride. Expect a lively discussion on the promises and pitfalls of these new urban models, including their impact on personal freedom, public health, and local economies. Are Smart Cities a step toward sustainable living, or do they raise new concerns about control and surveillance? The Dames will explore both the benefits-such as reduced pollution, increased walkability, and stronger local communities-and the controversies that have made 15-minute cities a hot topic in policy and conspiracy circles alike. Tune in for unapologetic analysis, spirited debate, and the kind of insights you won't find anywhere else. ▶SEE referenced Courtenay's Substack Article: "The Path to Mass Surveillance and Technological Singularity"⁠https://courtenayturner.substack.com/p/the-path-to-mass-surveillance-and⁠__________________________________________________________This Show Is Only Possible With Support Of Our Dangerous Audience!----------------------------------------------▶Support our show by supporting your health & wealth! ▶The Medical Rebel Shop: Promo Code: DANGEROUS⁠* Healthy Foundation Pak 2.5⁠ ⁠* Rebel Immunity⁠ ⁠* Greska's Carbon-60⁠ ⁠▶Richardson Nutrition Center:Use Promo Code: DANGEROUS for a 10% Discount!⁠ ⁠▶ Defy The Grid - GoldbacksUse Promo Code: DANGEROUS⁠ ⁠▶ RedLife: Red-Light TherapyUse Promo Code: DANGEROUS⁠------------------------------------- ⁠▶Follow & Connect with Courtenay:https://linktr.ee/courtenayturner⁠ ⁠▶Follow & Connect with Dr. Merritt:⁠⁠https://drleemerritt.com/⁠ ©2025 All Rights Reserved Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Halfway through one of my favorite sci-fi novels, Charles Stross' Accelerando, we tune in to the members of an interstellar first contact mission as they pass the time debating whether the Technological Singularity has happened yet. Spoiler alert: all of them are uploaded minds appearing in a consensus VR environment as various post-human avatars, riding inside a computer the size of a grain of rice on a craft the size of a soda can. To readers it seems like a satire: what, if not this, would it take to convince you we're over the rainbow? But good science fiction provokes us to question the present, and so we must ask: what are we waiting for? Are we still moderns? Is this still Western civilization? Should we be looking forward to the age of machine superintelligence, or has it already happened, like physicist Cosma Shalizi argues in his blog post “The Singularity in Our Past Light-Cone”? Here's a clip from that piece:Exponential yet basically unpredictable growth of technology, rendering long-term extrapolation impossible (even when attempted by geniuses)? Check.Massive, profoundly dis-orienting transformation in the life of humanity, extending to our ecology, mentality and social organization? Check.Annihilation of the age-old constraints of space and time? Check.Embrace of the fusion of humanity and machines? Check.Creation of vast, inhuman distributed systems of information-processing, communication and control, "the coldest of all cold monsters"? Check; we call them "the self-regulating market system" and "modern bureaucracies”.Maybe we ought to consider, like Bruno Latour, that We Have Never Been Modern. Or maybe, as Federico Campagna suggests in Prophetic Culture, each era's inhabitants identify as “modern” and project the “likely story” produced by their process of “worlding” to imagine futures that recede like mirages or rainbows as we approach the horizon of our understanding? By the time we arrive, we have transformed and the mysteries of the ancient and future are conserved. Some Indigenous cultures believe that all animals identify as “people” — perhaps every world is mundane to its native observers, and yet all of them arise out of chaos and ineffability. Science can't answer some questions because it depends on replicability and provisional consensus, and some questions ultimately force us out of attempts to get everything to make sense and into contemplative surrender to our own cognitive limits (no matter how much we augment ourselves).Science will, of course, continue. As Ted Chiang wrote twenty five years ago in his short story “Catching Crumbs from The Table”, advancements in AI and biotechnology could foreseeably “[leave] journals to publish second-hand accounts translated into human language… Journals for human audiences were reduced to vehicles of popularization, and poor ones at that, as even the most brilliant humans found themselves puzzled by translations of the latest findings… Some left the field altogether, but those who stayed shifted their attentions away from original research and toward hermeneutics: interpreting the scientific work of metahumans.”In 2025, living through the superexponential evolution of machine intelligence, this story hits close to home. What will we do when all breakthroughs are made by black box AI systems whose logic and insights evade us? We already have to take large language models on faith, doing our best to conserve a modest sliver of understanding as we resign ourselves to the practical benefits of successful but illegible prediction. But given that scientific progress has largely advanced through the proliferation of hyperspecialist experts who cannot understand one another's research, we should again ask if it were ever the case that we could explain everything, or whether we've just been ignoring the central importance of textual interpretation as we puzzled over the riddles of a world that never owed us any satisfying final answers?Whether we're modern or not, it is time for us to reconsider the foundations of ideas like informed consent, agency, evidence, and personhood. Whether you think we're still waiting around for the future or that we are living it, we live among an ecology of diverse intelligences and require a humbler approach…one strangely similar to that of Medieval serfs and jungle-dwelling foragers than first seems obvious…one that owes back pay to the dismissed disciplines of religion, magic, and myth. Which is why I'm excited to get weird with you in this episode.This week I speak with one of my closest comrades in philosophical investigation, Canadian author and film-maker J.F. Martel. Co-founder and co-host (with Phil Ford) of the internationally-acclaimed Weird Studies Podcast and Weirdosphere online learning platform, tenured para-academic explorer of high strangeness and the liminal zones between the known, unknown, and unknowable, J.F. is a perfect partner with whom to refine inquiry into persistent and tricky questions like:– What is the nature of technology and how does it change as our seemingly-discrete tools and built environments merge into a planet-scale thinking machine?– How can we tell when AI achieves personhood, and what does it take to be “good parents” of beings that are fundamentally beyond our control?– What can religion and fairy tales teach us about living well in a world where our explanatory frameworks fail us?– How can we re-think and re-claim healthy institutions to serve human flourishing after the end of history as we know it?Subscribe, Rate, & Comment on YouTube • Apple Podcasts • SpotifyPlease consider becoming a patron or making tax-deductible monthly contributions at every.org/humansontheloop. (You'll get all the same perks.)J.F.'s LinksReclaimingArt.comWeirdStudies.comWeirdosphere.orgJF on X | Weird Studies Discord & SubRedditReclaiming Art in The Age of Artifice (book)Project LinksRead the project pitch & planning docDig into the full episode and essay archivesJoin the online commons for Wisdom x Technology on DiscordThe Future Fossils Discord Server abides!Contact me about partnerships, consulting, your life, or other mysteriesChapters0:00:00 - Teaser0:01:01 - Introduction0:09:32 - Revisiting Reclaiming Art in The Age of Artifice0:15:12 - What we lose and gain by automating culture0:31:12 - Wendell Berry's poem “A Timbered Choir”0:36:50 - Transcendental, Machinic, Immanental, Imaginal, and Fractal0:46:21 - Black Box Personhood & AI as A 'Thou'1:00:00 - Is AI Magic?1:06:10 - Fairy Tales, Faith, and Submission after Modernity1:10:27 - Do we still need institutions?1:16:59 - Thanks & AnnouncementsBack Catalogue FF 18 - J.F. Martel on Art, Magic, & The Terrifying Zone of Uncanny AwesomenessFF 71 - J.F. Martel on Sequels & Simulacra, Blade Runner 2049 & Stranger Things 2WS 26 Living in a Glass AgeFF 126 - Phil Ford & JF Martel on Weird Studies & Plural RealitiesJRS Currents 064: Michael Garfield and J.F. Martel on Art x AIFF 214 - J.F. Martel, Phil Ford, & Megan Phipps on Weird Cybernetics: Waking Up From The EcstasyFF 231 - Eric Wargo & J.F. Martel on Art as Precognition, Biblically-Accurate A.I., and How to Navigate Ruptures in Space-TimeMentioned MediaWalter Benjamin's “The Work of Art in The Age of Mechanical Reproduction”Erik Hoel's “Curious George and the case of the unconscious culture”New York Encounter (event)Art is dead. Long live Art with Android Jones | Mind Meld 323 Third Eye DropsCosma Shalizi & Henry Farrell's “Artificial Intelligence is a Familiar-Looking Monster”Sigmund Freud's Beyond The Pleasure PrincipleWendell Berry's “A Timbered Choir”Henri Corbin's “Mundus Imaginalis or the Imaginary and the Imaginal”William Irwin Thompson's Imaginary LandscapesDanny Hillis' “The Enlightenment Is Dead. Long Live The Entanglement”Neri Oxman's “The Age of Entanglement”David Krakauer's “Emergent Engineering”Kevin Kelly's Out of ControlFF 150 - A Unifying Meta-Theory of UFOs & The Weird with Sean Esbjörn-HargensFF 223 - Timothy Morton on A New Christian Ecology & Systems Thinking BlasphemyTop Aerospace Scientists Suspect UFOs are Biblical Time Machines | Diana Walsh Pasulka on The Danny Jones PodcastZiwei Xu et al.'s “Hallucination is Inevitable: An Innate Limitation of Large Language Models”Isaac Asimov's FoundationGilles Deleuze's Difference and RepetitionOther MentionsDonna TartMatt CardinMichael PhilipBenoit MandelbrotJames AllenGregory BatesonDavid HumeGottfried LeibnizL. Ron HubbardErik DavisCarl JungJacques LacanAlbert CamusJean-Paul SartreCurt JaimungalStafford BeerCarl SaganJames HillmanPhil FordMarie-Louise von FranzGK ChestertonEdmund Burke This is a public episode. 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Murray Shanahan is Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London and a principal research scientist at Google DeepMind. Educated at Imperial College (BSc(Eng) computer science) and Cambridge University (King's College; PhD computer science), he became a full Professor at Imperial, and joined DeepMind. His publications span artificial intelligence, machine learning, logic, dynamical systems, computational neuroscience, and philosophy of mind. He was Scientific Advisor on the film Ex Machina (2014). He has written several books, including “Embodiment and the Inner Life” (2010) and “The Technological Singularity” (2015).Full Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrV9IwZd3qETitle: "Murray Shanahan: What are Conscious Exotica? Consciousness, AI & the Space of Possible Minds"CONNECT:- Website: https://tevinnaidu.com - Podcast: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mindbodysolution- YouTube: https://youtube.com/mindbodysolution- Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu- Facebook: https://facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Instagram: https://instagram.com/drtevinnaidu- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu=============================Disclaimer: The information provided on this channel is for educational purposes only. The content is shared in the spirit of open discourse and does not constitute, nor does it substitute, professional or medical advice. We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred from you acting or not acting as a result of listening/watching any of our contents. You acknowledge that you use the information provided at your own risk. Listeners/viewers are advised to conduct their own research and consult with their own experts in the respective fields.

On this episode of the Crazy Wisdom Podcast, host Stewart Alsop chats with Alexander, a Gen Z innovator passionate about technology, particularly AI and blockchain. Together, they explore Alexander's creative approach to tackling challenges like reading dense white papers, the dynamics of AI in software engineering, and the philosophical implications of emerging tech, from blockchain's elegant simplicity to AI's transformative potential in reshaping industries. Alexander also shares insights from his journey in crypto and smart contract development, providing a glimpse into how technology and human ingenuity intertwine in the modern era. For more, follow Alexander on X at @AlexanderTw33ts.Check out this GPT we trained on the conversation!Timestamps00:00 Introduction to the Crazy Wisdom Podcast00:32 Exploring White Papers and Crypto04:55 The Gen Z Advantage and Social Media07:38 The Power of Time-Lapse Videos11:18 Understanding Bitcoin and Blockchain14:27 Smart Contracts and AI20:56 The Future of AI and Software Development32:02 The Role of Humans in the Future32:56 The Concept of Singularity33:52 Technological Merging and Its Implications35:34 The Impact of AI on Society00:43 The Future of Learning and AI55:02 Navigating the Job Market with AI01:02:09 The Human Element in a Tech-Driven World01:04:15 Conclusion and Final ThoughtsKey InsightsThe Role of AI in Learning and Productivity: Alexander highlighted how AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), has become a crucial tool for learning and productivity. By using AI, tasks like coding, debugging, and understanding complex documents, such as white papers, have become more accessible. This shift emphasizes the importance of understanding how to effectively prompt and interact with AI to maximize its capabilities.Blockchain's Simplicity and Significance: The conversation revealed the elegant simplicity of blockchain technology, particularly Bitcoin. Despite its technical complexity at first glance, the core mechanisms—like the transaction ledger—are remarkably straightforward. This simplicity, combined with the groundbreaking nature of decentralized systems, positions blockchain as both a financial innovation and a conceptual work of art.Challenges for Gen Z with AI and Attention: Alexander discussed the unique challenges his generation faces with attention spans shaped by the internet and social media. While this digital immersion offers advantages, such as a natural aptitude for navigating tech tools, it also creates hurdles, like focusing on dense materials. He shared how creative approaches, such as time-lapse recordings for accountability, can transform learning into an engaging and rewarding process.The Future of Software Development Careers: With AI increasingly capable of performing technical tasks, the demand for junior developers may dwindle. Alexander advised aspiring developers to embrace entrepreneurship, leveraging AI to build their own projects. This approach not only enhances practical skills but also positions them as creators in a competitive market where the definition of “developer” is rapidly evolving.The Evolution of Distributed Cognition: The episode touched on how technology has transformed distributed cognition, from early written communication to the internet and now AI. Platforms like social media are already curating personalized worlds for users, but AI's advancement could make these experiences even more immersive, raising questions about individual agency and shared reality.Navigating the Technological Singularity: Both Stewart and Alexander reflected on the concept of the technological singularity—the point at which human understanding can no longer predict future technological developments. They discussed its philosophical implications, likening it to a black hole where no one can see beyond its event horizon, emphasizing the profound uncertainty it brings to humanity's trajectory.Balancing Human Connection in an AI-Driven World: The conversation underscored the importance of human connection and shared experiences amidst increasing AI-driven customization. While AI can create tailored virtual worlds and digital interactions, Alexander and Stewart noted the enduring value of real-world activities like engaging with nature, forming authentic relationships, and fostering creativity in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

What do technologies such as HOME, Noomap, Core Network, Nodesphere, CEPTR, Hylo, Backfeed, Metamaps, Kumu in addition to Web 3.0 and Blockchain projects, such as Ethereum, Bitcoin, NXT and IPFS have in common and how are they related to concepts like Game B, synergistic democracy, co-creation and building the Noosphere? This week's radio hour gives a brief introduction to the Network State in attempt to provide a Birds Eye view of the philosophies and ideologies that drive the technology and infrastructure that being created. What may appear as fringe/ start up might upon deeper examination be uncovered as a master Silicon Valley venture partnered with NGOs linked to the UN etc. Listen weekly as Courtenay broadcasts deeper dives into truth, globally via the WWCR airwaves. Catch the Courtenay Turner Show, LIVE every Monday at 3pm CST. Tune in LIVE via Shortwave Radio on 9.350mHz, or via MP3 stream at: https://bit.ly/CourtenayTurnerShow ▶Episode Resources: ✩ About "The Network State" https://thenetworkstate.com ✩ Balaji Srinivasan's book: "The Network State: How To Start a New Country" https://amzn.to/4fmMhxT ____________________________________________________________________ ▶ GET On-Demand Access for Courtenay's Cognitive Liberty Conference: https://cognitivelibertyconference.com ----------------------------------------- ▶ Follow & Connect with Courtenay:
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"Conflict with time seems to me the most potent and fruitful theme in all human expression," wrote the acclaimed writer of weird fiction H.P. Lovecraft, who noted that time was often emphasized in his stories because he viewed it as "the most profoundly dramatic and grimly terrible thing in the universe."  In this special Halloween installment of The Micah Hanks Program, we look at scientific and literary themes involving time, as well as its role in cosmic horror, theories involving time travel, and also the possible relationship between time and UFOs, artificial intelligence, and much more, in an eerie exploration of one of Lovecraft's most famous and frightening motifs.  HURRICANE CHARITIES: Please consider making a donation to one or more of the following organizations that are aiding in the relief efforts for those affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton: Hurricane Helene charities (via Charity Navigator) Have you had a UFO/UAP sighting? Please consider reporting your sighting to the UAP Sightings Reporting System, a public resource for information about sightings of aerial phenomena. The story doesn't end here... become an X Subscriber and get access to even more weekly content and monthly specials. Want to advertise/sponsor The Micah Hanks Program? We have partnered with the AdvertiseCast to handle our advertising/sponsorship requests. If you would like to advertise with The Micah Hanks Program, all you have to do is click the link below to get started: AdvertiseCast: Advertise with The Micah Hanks Program Show Notes Below are links to stories and other content featured in this episode: NEWS: Ready for an extra hour of sleep? Here's when daylight saving time ends in 2024 How to prepare your body and mind for the end of daylight saving time Weird New Quantum Experiment Sounds Suspiciously Like Time Travel  Does this 1941 photo include an iPad? Some shocked viewers think so: ‘Time for the Twilight Zone theme'  Debunking the Charlie Chaplin Time Travel Video Time traveler caught in 1940 photo? Conspiracy theorists spot ‘time traveler using mobile phone' in 1940s "The Wormhole Dilemma: Could Advanced Civilizations Use Time Travel to Rewrite History? - The Debrief LOVECRAFT: The Shadow Out of Time (Full Text via Project Gutenberg  UFOs AND TIME TRAVEL: Time-traveler UFO hypothesis BECOME AN X SUBSCRIBER AND GET EVEN MORE GREAT PODCASTS AND MONTHLY SPECIALS FROM MICAH HANKS. Sign up today and get access to the entire back catalog of The Micah Hanks Program, as well as “classic” episodes, weekly “additional editions” of the subscriber-only X Podcast, the monthly Enigmas specials, and much more. Like us on Facebook Follow @MicahHanks on X. Keep up with Micah and his work at micahhanks.com.

WATCH: https://youtu.be/MrV9IwZd3qE Murray Shanahan is Professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London and a principal research scientist at Google DeepMind. Educated at Imperial College (BSc(Eng) computer science) and Cambridge University (King's College; PhD computer science), he became a full Professor at Imperial, and joined DeepMind. His publications span artificial intelligence, machine learning, logic, dynamical systems, computational neuroscience, and philosophy of mind. He was Scientific Advisor on the film Ex Machina (2014). He has written several books, including “Embodiment and the Inner Life” (2010) and “The Technological Singularity” (2015). TIMESTAMPS: (0:00) - Introduction (2:40) - Artificial General Intelligence, Cognition & Consciousness (5:41) - Was Ava Conscious? (Ex Machina) (10:30) - The Turing Test & Mary's Room (19:45) - 4E CogSci (24:40) - The Space of Possible Minds (Conscious Exotica) (31:40) - AI's "Mind-Like" entities (40:30) - Attention Schema Theory & Global Workspace Theory & Behavior (45:40) - Disembodied AI & LLMs (50:25) - Ex Machina vs HER (56:20) - Technological Singularity (60:38) - Murray' favourite Sci-Fi Writers & Philosophers, and Scientists (1:05:10) - Role Play, Goal Orienting, LLMs & AGI (1:14:10) - Emergence (1:17:48) - Murray's Next Book (about Philosophy of Mind in light of AI) (1:19:44) - Conclusion EPISODE LINKS: - Murray's Website: https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~mpsha/ - Murray's Books: https://tinyurl.com/ay4bncpn - Murray's Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=00bnGpAAAAAJ&hl=en - Murray's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mpshanahan CONNECT: - Website: https://tevinnaidu.com - Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drtevinnaidu - Twitter: https://twitter.com/drtevinnaidu - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drtevinnaidu - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drtevinnaidu - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtevinnaidu ============================= Disclaimer: The information provided on this channel is for educational purposes only. The content is shared in the spirit of open discourse and does not constitute, nor does it substitute, professional or medical advice. We do not accept any liability for any loss or damage incurred from you acting or not acting as a result of listening/watching any of our contents. You acknowledge that you use the information provided at your own risk. Listeners/viewers are advised to conduct their own research and consult with their own experts in the respective fields.

Murray Shanahan is a professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London and a senior research scientist at DeepMind. He challenges our assumptions about AI consciousness and urges us to rethink how we talk about machine intelligence. We explore the dangers of anthropomorphizing AI, the limitations of current language in describing AI capabilities, and the fascinating intersection of philosophy and artificial intelligence. Show notes and full references: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ICtBI574W-xGi8Z2ZtUNeKWiOiGZ_DRsp9EnyYAISws/edit?usp=sharing Prof Murray Shanahan: https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~mpsha/ (look at his selected publications) https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=00bnGpAAAAAJ&hl=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Shanahan https://x.com/mpshanahan Interviewer: Dr. Tim Scarfe Refs (links in the Google doc linked above): Role play with large language models Waluigi effect "Conscious Exotica" - Paper by Murray Shanahan (2016) "Simulators" - Article by Janis from LessWrong "Embodiment and the Inner Life" - Book by Murray Shanahan (2010) "The Technological Singularity" - Book by Murray Shanahan (2015) "Simulacra as Conscious Exotica" - Paper by Murray Shanahan (newer paper of the original focussed on LLMs) A recent paper by Anthropic on using autoencoders to find features in language models (referring to the "Scaling Monosemanticity" paper) Work by Peter Godfrey-Smith on octopus consciousness "Metaphors We Live By" - Book by George Lakoff (1980s) Work by Aaron Sloman on the concept of "space of possible minds" (1984 article mentioned) Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations" (posthumously published) Daniel Dennett's work on the "intentional stance" Alan Turing's original paper on the Turing Test (1950) Thomas Nagel's paper "What is it like to be a bat?" (1974) John Searle's Chinese Room Argument (mentioned but not detailed) Work by Richard Evans on tackling reasoning problems Claude Shannon's quote on knowledge and control "Are We Bodies or Souls?" - Book by Richard Swinburne Reference to work by Ethan Perez and others at Anthropic on potential deceptive behavior in language models Reference to a paper by Murray Shanahan and Antonia Creswell on the "selection inference framework" Mention of work by Francois Chollet, particularly the ARC (Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus) challenge Reference to Elizabeth Spelke's work on core knowledge in infants Mention of Karl Friston's work on planning as inference (active inference) The film "Ex Machina" - Murray Shanahan was the scientific advisor "The Waluigi Effect" Anthropic's constitutional AI approach Loom system by Lara Reynolds and Kyle McDonald for visualizing conversation trees DeepMind's AlphaGo (mentioned multiple times as an example) Mention of the "Golden Gate Claude" experiment Reference to an interview Tim Scarfe conducted with University of Toronto students about self-attention controllability theorem Mention of an interview with Irina Rish Reference to an interview Tim Scarfe conducted with Daniel Dennett Reference to an interview with Maria Santa Caterina Mention of an interview with Philip Goff Nick Chater and Martin Christianson's book ("The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World") Peter Singer's work from 1975 on ascribing moral status to conscious beings Demis Hassabis' discussion on the "ladder of creativity" Reference to B.F. Skinner and behaviorism

In episode four of The AI Fix, Graham and Mark learn there's a 99.9% chance that AI will wipe out humans within 100 years, examine the even more chilling prospect of Barney the dinosaur reading Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf to six-year-olds, and resurrect a tried-and-trusted software evaluation method to decide if Claude 3.5 Sonnet is better than ChatGPT-4o.Graham overshares on the subject of Meg Ryan while talking about a pill-sized medical robot, and Mark explains why humanity's future might feel a bit like being Steve Wozniak's pet.Episode links:TikTok's AI tool lets you put Hitler's words in a paid actor's mouth.Anthropic launches Claude 3.5 Sonnet.Premiere of First Movie Written by AI Is Axed After Backlash.Universal Music signs deal to train "ultra-high fidelity vocal models" of its artists.Nvidia becomes the world's most valuable company.Researcher Estimates 99.9 Percent Chance AI Will Destroy Humankind.The Roddenberry Foundation has offered a million-dollar prize to develop AI that's 'used for good'.OpenAI CTO says AI could kill some creative jobs that “Maybe shouldn't exist anyway”.Multiple AI companies bypassing web standard to scrape publisher sites, licensing firm says.Fantastic Voyage trailer.Swallow this robot: Endiatx's tiny pill examines your body with cameras, sensors.Endiatx CEO swallows PillBot.77-sec Physician-narrated PillBot Exam.Stephen Hawking warns artificial intelligence could end mankind.Elon Musk warns A.I. could create an ‘immortal dictator from which we can never escape'.Robots will make us into their pets, warns Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.The AI FixThe AI Fix podcast is presented by Graham Cluley...

Science fiction legend Vernor Vinge inspired the title of this podcast - and his influence extends far beyond fiction. His novella "True Names" gave readers a first taste of the metaverse, and in a 1993 talk for NASA, Vinge described a 'technological singularity' - a time when computers get so good so fast that they 'run away' from human control. It's a scenario that haunts every big company working in AI today, possibly an element in the behind-the-scenes dynamic that got Sam Altman (briefly) fired as CEO of ChatGPT creator OpenAI in November 2023. This 2019 interview - one of his last, before his passing on 21 March 2024 - explores Vinge's thinking about 'The Singularity' - and asks what happens when a goldfish tries to talk to a human...Over a billion seconds ago, sci-fi legend Vernor Vinge conceived of a “Technological Singularity”, when our machines outthink us. Should we worry? Be sure to read Vernor's 1993 paper, “The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era” – it's linked here. A rerun of an earlier episode of The Next Billion Seconds.  For more information about this podcast and The Next Billion Seconds, please visit https://nextbillionseconds.com. The Next Billion Seconds with Mark Pesce is produced by Ampel - https://ampel.com.au.  Chief Audio Officer: Josh ButtEdited by: Isabel VanhakartanoAudio Mixed by: Carter QuinnSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Vernor Vinge, who coined the term "Technological Singularity", dies at 79, published by Kaj Sotala on March 21, 2024 on LessWrong. On Wednesday, author David Brin announced that Vernor Vinge, sci-fi author, former professor, and father of the technological singularity concept, died from Parkinson's disease at age 79 on March 20, 2024, in La Jolla, California. The announcement came in a Facebook tribute where Brin wrote about Vinge's deep love for science and writing. [...] As a sci-fi author, Vinge won Hugo Awards for his novels A Fire Upon the Deep (1993), A Deepness in the Sky (2000), and Rainbows End (2007). He also won Hugos for novellas Fast Times at Fairmont High (2002) and The Cookie Monster (2004). As Mike Glyer's File 770 blog notes, Vinge's novella True Names (1981) is frequency cited as the first presentation of an in-depth look at the concept of "cyberspace." Vinge first coined the term "singularity" as related to technology in 1983, borrowed from the concept of a singularity in spacetime in physics. When discussing the creation of intelligences far greater than our own in an 1983 op-ed in OMNI magazine, Vinge wrote, "When this happens, human history will have reached a kind of singularity, an intellectual transition as impenetrable as the knotted space-time at the center of a black hole, and the world will pass far beyond our understanding." In 1993, he expanded on the idea in an essay titled The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era. The singularity concept postulates that AI will soon become superintelligent, far surpassing humans in capability and bringing the human-dominated era to a close. While the concept of a tech singularity sometimes inspires negativity and fear, Vinge remained optimistic about humanity's technological future, as Brin notes in his tribute: "Accused by some of a grievous sin - that of 'optimism' - Vernor gave us peerless legends that often depicted human success at overcoming problems... those right in front of us... while posing new ones! New dilemmas that may lie just ahead of our myopic gaze. He would often ask: 'What if we succeed? Do you think that will be the end of it?'" Vinge's concept heavily influenced futurist Ray Kurzweil, who has written about the singularity several times at length in books such as The Singularity Is Near in 2005. In a 2005 interview with the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology website, Kurzweil said, "Vernor Vinge has had some really key insights into the singularity very early on. There were others, such as John Von Neuman, who talked about a singular event occurring, because he had the idea of technological acceleration and singularity half a century ago. But it was simply a casual comment, and Vinge worked out some of the key ideas." Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org

Envision a world on the precipice of a profound transformation, driven by seven unprecedented innovations, poised to revolutionize every aspect of society. This shift, approaching a technological singularity, carries immense responsibility and high stakes for current and future generations. Our technological prowess is unrivaled. From the simplest inventions to the most complex machines, we have […]

Chances are, we're not alone in the universe. But if that's true — why can't we seem to find our neighbors? This question is known as the Fermi paradox, and it continues to go unsolved. However, some theories could offer potential solutions. Physicist Brian Cox explains the paradox and walks us through our best guesses as to the reason for our quasi-isolation. Chapters: 0:00 Who is Enrico Fermi? 0:22 What is the Fermi Paradox? 1:29 Rare Earth Hypothesis 2:41 Extinguished Civilizations 3:51 Technological Singularity 4:34 Vast Distances 5:14 Cosmic Quarantine 7:31 The Great Filter 9:51 The Great Silence ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Go Deeper with Big Think: ►Become a Big Think Member Get exclusive access to full interviews, early access to new releases, Big Think merch and more. ►Get Big Think+ for Business Guide, inspire and accelerate leaders at all levels of your company with the biggest minds in business. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ About Brian Cox: Brian Cox obtained a first class honors degree in physics from the University of Manchester in 1995 and in 1998 a Ph.D. in High Energy Particle Physics at the DESY laboratory in Hamburg. Brian is now Professor of Particle Physics at the University of Manchester, The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science and a Fellow of the Royal Society. Brian is widely recognized as the foremost communicator for all things scientific, having presented a number of highly acclaimed science programs for the BBC watched by billions internationally including ‘Adventures in Space and Time' (2021), ‘Universe' (2021), ‘The Planets' (2018), ‘Forces of Nature' (2016), ‘Human Universe' (2014), ‘Wonders of Life' (2012), ‘Wonders of the Universe' (2011) and ‘Wonders of the Solar System' (2010). As an author, Brian has also sold over a million books worldwide including ‘Black Holes', ‘Universal: A Guide to the Cosmos', ‘Quantum Universe' and ‘Why Does E=mc2?' with co-author Professor Jeffrey Forshaw. He also wrote the series of books to accompany his popular television and radio programs. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bigthink/message Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we explore the surprising impact of Quake III's rapid inverse square root function on modern computing, weigh the pros and cons of in-person events like Dockercon for the DevOps community, and delve into the burgeoning role of AI-driven code generators. We also ponder the implications of the Technological Singularity, as envisioned by thinkers like Vernor Vinge and Ray Kurzweil, and discuss the ethical considerations of augmenting human intelligence with AI to keep pace with future technological advancements.Stay updated with new weekly episodes every Thursday – and don't forget to subscribe! For more behind-the-scenes content, follow us @justshiftleft on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

In the 21st century, we sit in the driver's seat to determine the technosphere and ecosphere we inhabit, in turn reshaping what it is to be human today. Stefan Brunnhuber, the head of an initiative of the World academy of Art and Science, aims to answer this pivotal question in relation to species losses, pandemics and global heating on the one side, and disruptive new technologies, namely AI and BIG DATA, on the other.Visit the World academy of Art and Science website: worldacademy.orgRead the original research: springer.com/book/9783031481123

Tune into All Things Policy for an eye-opening episode on AI Governance. We're dissecting our most recent Takshashila Discussion Document - delving into AI's transformative role in society, the nuances of attempting to govern it, and the complexities of AI supply chains. Join Satya S Sahu, Rijesh Panicker, and Bharath Reddy, as they explore the values guiding AI from democracy to global stability, and the challenges in creating a competitive AI industry. Do check out Takshashila's public policy courses: https://school.takshashila.org.in/courses We are @‌IVMPodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. https://twitter.com/IVMPodcasts https://www.instagram.com/ivmpodcasts/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/ivmpodcasts/ You can check out our website at https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/featured Follow the show across platforms: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Gaana, Amazon Music Do share the word with your folks!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Je denkt dat je gebruik maakt van Artificial Intelligence maar in feite is dat niet zo. In deze aflevering zijn we in gesprek met Hans Peter Willems en hoor je daar alles over.Hans Peter Willems is zelfstandig IT-ondernemer en sinds 2009 werkt hij aan de ontwikkeling en realisatie van het ASTRID systeem; een zogenaamde Cognitieve Architectuur, oftewel Kunstmatige Intelligentie. Kort na de start van het ASTRID project publiceerde hij een research paper over bewustzijn in machines. Deze paper is ondertussen gerefereerd in verschillende boeken en online publicaties en presentaties, en zelfs volledig opgenomen in een bundel van spraakmakende research papers en artikelen (Artificial Intelligence and the Technological Singularity, opposing viewpoints). In het boek “Machine Dreaming and Consciousnes” noemt de auteur J.F. Pagel, clinical professor aan de Universiteit van Colorado, de paper van Hans Peter “The current best statement of criteria required that might mark the development of consciousness in a machine system”.Artificial Intelligence:Wat is het nietWat is het welHoe ziet de toekomst eruitAutonome technologieHoe kun je in ChatGPT gevonden wordenStaan we stil bij het feit dat het systeem niet leertDe school van de deeplearningArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)PsychologieWat heeft Hans Peter met zijn team ontwikkeldInspiratie:Godel Esscher BachMeer informatie:http://mindconstruct.com/Meer informatie over StoryBrand NederlandBestel het boek StoryBrand via https://storybrand.nl/boek/Op 25 januari 2024 exclusief voor Saas Bazen een Saas Bazen editie StoryBrand Workshop.meer informatie op www.storybrand.nl/saasbazen

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EPISODE 88 | Weird AI Yankovic (Not-So-Scary AI Futures) Guest: Josh Bachynski, AI consultant AI is here and it's here to stay. And despite all the hand wringing and doom-and-gloom predictions, the AI-powered future actually looks pretty bright. AI is already being used in a number of applications, and more are on the way.  Josh Bachynski and I talk about the inherent ethics of intelligence; AI/robot bees, burgers and beers; AI's predictive capabilities, AI religions, the Singularity and the most probable futures we will see in the next 50 years. Think of this as a counterbalance to our earlier talk The Skynet Matrix: AI Goes Rogue Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast. Review us here or on IMDb! SECTIONS 02:07 - The Five Worlds of AI - AI Fizzle, Futurama, AI-Dystopia, Singularia, Paperclipalypse; nice AI in pop culture - Max Headroom, Her (Samantha), Star Trek TNG (Data); philosophy points the way, making more trouble makes trouble, AI time scales, AI destables but also enables 14:35 - Current Uses for AI - RoboBees, predictive models, Falcon LLM 19:32 - Flippy the robot burger maker, AI bartenders, AI pizza makers, it's all robots, Intelligent X - AI/robot customized beer making, personal customization in all things; AI pattern recognition for credit card fraud, crime detection, football coaching; emotion detection, job interviews, police interrogations 27:23 - Long-term optimization strategies, Freakonomics, Beauty.AI for beauty contests, biases  36:22 - AI Religions - Are we playing god, we're eternal because we're information, the noosphere, the divine as information, the Holy Spirit as an AI-like tool, spiritual machines 43:02 - Kurzweil's Singularity - Six stages: the Information Age, the Age of Computation, the Age of Spiritual Machines, the Age of Intelligent Machines, Computer-Human Symbiosis, the Age of Robots; cybernetics and augmentations are used today, possible timelines for the Singularity (2045?) 49:24 - The Road to Utopia - Another potential timeline for the future Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info: The Moral Concept - Josh Bachynski's blog (email him at  joshbachynski@gmail.com) Adapting to the AI Age podcast episode on Digital Signage Done Right (w/transcript) AI Personas & Ethics podcast episode on Digital Signage Done Right (w/transcript) Use AI to Create Content Today on Digital Signage Done Right Five Worlds of AI At Home in the Universe by Stuart Kauffman Superintelligent AI is necessary for an amazing future, but far from sufficient The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Top 10 Unusual but Brilliant Use Cases of Artificial Intelligence Falcon LLM The Most Unusual Uses of Artificial Intelligence Flippy 2 by Miso Robotics FLIPPY The AI Burger Flipping Robot (video) Japan's robot bartenders: Last call for human service? Cyberdog - Prague's robot wine bar Pizzaiola - AI Based Robotic Pizza Maker The weirdest uses of AI How Carlsberg is using AI to help develop new beers Intelligent X - customized AI and robotic beer making EveryHuman - Create your scent with Algorithmic Perfumery The Amazing Ways How Mastercard Uses Artificial Intelligence To Stop Fraud And Reduce False Declines AI Is Now Analyzing Candidates' Facial Expressions During Video Job Interviews Paragraphica - the lenless AI camera Freakonomics - the Hidden Side of Everything website Beauty.AI Visions of AI Utopia Beyond The Hype: Five Exciting AI Outcomes In The Next Five Years on Forbes Gods in the machine? The rise of artificial intelligence may result in new religions Entering the singularity: Has AI reached the point of no return? on The Hill WTF is The Technological Singularity? on Hackernoon Technological singularity on Transhumanism Wiki Kurzweil Claims That the Singularity Will Happen by 2045 Ray Kurzweil website Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) Benefit Humanity? – A Utopian View Follow us on social for extra goodies: Facebook Twitter Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a 2022 Gold Quill Award, 2022 Gold MarCom Award, 2021 AVA Digital Award Gold, 2021 Silver Davey Award, 2020 Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it's a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it's going. It's Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER

Avi Loeb is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist and cosmologist known for his groundbreaking research and provocative ideas in astrophysics, extraterrestrial intelligence, and artificial intelligence. In this conversation we'll discuss the potential for a technological singularity, the future of artificial intelligence, and his work at the Galileo Project. Financially Support the Show with Super Chats or Patreon: patreon.com/thesingularitylab Follow Us: Follow Michael Mataluni: https://linktr.ee/michaelmataluni​ Follow Brooks Lopez: https://twitter.com/StrivinToThrive Follow Randy: https://twitter.com/randolphmorley

Are Replika's Erotic Bots spouse material? New Brain Imagining tech improves on MRIs by 64 Million times, Big Batterie Breakthroughs, Billionaire AI Economic Boom Prediction, New Twitter CEO, and much much more as we bring you the Singularity Report, a weekly live show that documents and informs the journey as humanity marches inevitably toward the Technological Singularity. Financially Support the Show with Super Chats or Patreon: patreon.com/thesingularitylab Follow Us: Follow Michael Mataluni: https://linktr.ee/michaelmataluni​ Follow Brooks Lopez: https://twitter.com/StrivinToThrive Follow Randy: https://twitter.com/randolphmorley

Khan Academy AI, GPT Therapy, is Emergent AI Scam, GPT & the Hollywood Writers Strike, Washington AI Risk Summit at the Whitehouse, & much more! Join us weekly live show that documents and informs the journey as humanity marches inevitably toward Technological Singularity. Financially Support the Show with Super Chats or Patreon: patreon.com/thesingularitylab Follow Us: Follow Michael Mataluni: https://linktr.ee/michaelmataluni​ Follow Brooks Lopez: https://twitter.com/StrivinToThrive Follow Randy: https://twitter.com/randolphmorley

Join us to discuss the Best New AI Productivity Apps, what Spot the Robot Dog is up to in New York, how Musk Plans to take on AI heavyweights, why We Might Have Cancer Vaccines in the next decade, and much much more as we bring you the Singularity Report, a weekly live show that documents and informs the journey as humanity marches inevitably toward the Technological Singularity. Financially Support the Show with Super Chats or Patreon: patreon.com/thesingularitylab Follow Us: Follow Michael Mataluni: https://linktr.ee/michaelmataluni​ Follow Brooks Lopez: https://twitter.com/StrivinToThrive Follow Randy: https://twitter.com/randolphmorley

This week: Microsoft Vs. Nvidia AI Chip Wars, The Weekend & Drake AI Music Viral Songs, Moon Telescopes, Google Deep Mind Shakeup, & VR Psychedelic Experience, and Expert opinions on Human-like AI Intelligence. Join us weekly as humanity marches toward the Technological Singularity, join us every week as we break down the Tech & Science developments. Financially Support the Show with Super Chats or Patreon: patreon.com/thesingularitylab Follow Us: Follow Michael Mataluni: https://linktr.ee/michaelmataluni​ Follow Brooks Lopez: https://twitter.com/StrivinToThrive Follow Randy: https://twitter.com/randolphmorley

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Where's the foom?, published by Fergus Fettes on April 11, 2023 on LessWrong. "The first catastrophe mechanism seriously considered seems to have been the possibility, raised in the 1940s at Los Alamos before the first atomic bomb tests, that fission or fusion bombs might ignite the atmosphere or oceans in an unstoppable chain reaction." This is not our first rodeo. We have done risk assessments before. The best reference-class examples I could find were the bomb, vacuum decay, killer strangelets, and LHC black holes (all covered in ). I was looking for a few days, but didn't complete my search, but I decided to publish this note as now Tyler Cowen is asking too: "Which is the leading attempt to publish a canonical paper on AGI risk, in a leading science journal, refereed of course. The paper should have a formal model or calibration of some sort, working toward the conclusion of showing that the relevant risk is actually fairly high. Is there any such thing?" The three papers people replied with were: - Is Power-Seeking AI an Existential Risk?- The Alignment Problem from a Deep Learning Perspective - Unsolved Problems in ML Safety Places I was looking so far:- The list of references for that paper- The references for the Muehlhauser and Salamon intelligence explosion paper- The Sandburg review of singularities and related papers (these are quite close to passing muster I think) Places I wanted to look further: Papers by Yampolsky, aka- Papers mentioned in there by Schmidhuber (haven't gotten around to this)- I haven't thoroughly reviewed Intelligence Explosion Microeconomics, maybe this is the closest thing to fulfilling the criteria? But if there is something concrete in eg. some papers by Yampolsky and Schmidhuber, why hasn't anyone fleshed it out in more detail? For all the time people spend working on 'solutions' to the alignment problem, there still seems to be a serious lack of 'descriptions' of the alignment problem. Maybe the idea is, if you found the latter you would automatically have the former? I feel like something built on top of Intelligence Explosion Microeconomics and the Orthogonality Thesis could be super useful and convincing to a lot of people. And I think people like TC are perfectly justified in questioning why it doesn't exist, for all the millions of words collectively written on this topic on LW etc. I feel like a good simple model of this would be much more useful than another ten blog posts about the pros and cons of bombing data centers. This is the kind of thing that governments and lawyers and insurance firms can sink their teeth into. Where's the foom? Edit: Forgot to mention clippy. Clippy is in many ways the most convincing of all the things I read looking for this, and whenever I find myself getting skeptical of foom I read it again. Maybe an summary of the mechanisms described in there would be a step in the right direction? A critical look at risk assessments for global catastrophes List Intelligence Explosion: Evidence and Import An Overview of Models of Technological Singularity From Seed AI to Technological Singularity via Recursively Self-Improving Software Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

Join our weekly countdown to the Technological Singularity as we explore the race for Global AGI, DARPA's plan to reverse engineer cutting-edge tech, Robotics & GPT4, US Intelligence Leaks and the outrageous MidJourney images of presidents and popes, and much more... Financially Support the Show with Super Chats or Patreon: patreon.com/thesingularitylab Follow Us: Follow Michael Mataluni: https://linktr.ee/michaelmataluni​ Follow Brooks Lopez: https://twitter.com/StrivinToThrive Follow Randy: https://twitter.com/randolphmorley

In the last few weeks, the pace of change in AI has been faster than ever before. The changes aren't just announcements of future capabilities - announcements that could have been viewed, perhaps, as hype. The changes are new versions of AI systems that are available for users around the world to experiment with, directly, here and now. These systems are being released by multiple different companies, and also by open-source collaborations. And users of these systems are frequently expressing surprise: the systems are by no means perfect, but they regularly out-perform previous expectations, sometimes in astonishing ways.In this episode, Calum Chace and David Wood, the co-hosts of this podcast series, discuss the wider implications of these new AI systems. David asks Calum if he has changed any of his ideas about what he has called "the two singularities", namely the Economic Singularity and the Technological Singularity, as covered in a number of books he has written.Calum has been a full-time writer and speaker on the subject of AI since 2012. Earlier in his life, he studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Oxford University, and trained as a journalist at the BBC. He wrote a column in the Financial Times and nowadays is a regular contributor to Forbes magazine. In between, he held a number of roles in business, including leading a media practice at KPMG. In the last few days, he has been taking a close look at GPT-4.Selected follow-up reading:https://calumchace.com/the-economic-singularity/https://calumchace.com/surviving-ai-synopsis/Topics in this conversation include:*) Is the media excitement about GPT-4 and its predecessor ChatGPT overblown, or are these systems signs of truly important disruptions?*) How do these new AI systems compare with earlier AIs?*) The two "big bangs" in AI history*) How transformers work*) The difference between self-supervised learning and supervised learning*) The significance of OpenAI enabling general public access to ChatGPT*) Market competition between Microsoft Bing and Google Search*) Unwholesome replies by Microsoft Sydney and Google Bard - and the intended role of RLHF (Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback)*) How basic reasoning seems to emerge (unexpectedly) from pattern recognition at sufficient scale*) Examples of how the jobs of knowledge workers are being changed by GPT-4*) What will happen to departments where each human knowledge workers has a tenfold productivity boost?*) From the job churns of the past to the Great Churn of the near future*) The forthcoming wave of automation is not only more general than past waves, but will also proceed at a much faster pace*) Improvements in the writing AI produces, such as book chapters*) Revisions of timelines for the Economic and Technological Singularity?*) It now seems that human intelligence is less hard to replicate than was previously thought*) The Technological Singularity might arrive before an Economic Singularity*) The liberating vision of people no longer needing to be wage slaves, and the threat of almost everyone living in poverty*) The insufficiency of UBI (Universal Basic Income) unless an economy of abundance is achieved (bringing the costs of goods and services down toward zero)*) Is the creation of AI now out of control, with a rush to release new versions?*) The infeasibility of the idea of AGI relinquishment*) OpenAI's recent actions assessed*) Expectations for new AI releases in the remainder of 2023: accelerating paceMusic: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration

In the episode, "The A.I. Future is NOW: Job Loss, Adaptation, Immersion, & Reorganizing Human Society (S5, E6)," I share how the AI Future is upon us and there is no stopping it. I cover a spectrum of material from Vernor Vinge's essay "Technological Singularity" to the inaccuracies of Chat GPT 4, to machine learning failing to identify depression based on neurobiology. As lead researcher Nils R. Winter stated, "The fact that we cannot find meaningful (univariate or multivariate) neurobiological differences on the level of the individual for one of the most prevalent mental disorders should give us pause.” I also review some of the hot podcasts right now reviewing AI advancements with the most prominent people in the field, and refer to what the new power systems may look like in a new AI-centric society. As our dependence increases on Generative AI, a lack of critical thinking may grow out of our laziness as addictive behaviors may increase to getting our dopamine fixes. Even totalitarian structures may rise up, while we create a world of the future where less people can pursue their ideal lives. Having been thrown into this timeline as a "natural" willing to champion human purism, as everyone in tech embraces AI without question, I call out to the rest of the people, who will not be transitioning in this transhuman era, to answer the following question: What do we want our society to look like as we brace for the AI impact? References:The AI in Business Podcast:  "Generative AI and Future Rewards Systems" Series https://open.spotify.com/show/4gD9xiYU9iC24vnjUx1PTg?si=f2cc61da1cea479cInterview on the Lex Fridman Podcast with CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman: https://youtu.be/L_Guz73e6fwArticle: "Machine Learning Fails to Identify Depression Based on Neurobiology" by Peter Simons -March 13, 2023: https://www.madinamerica.com/2023/03/machine-learning-fails-to-identify-depression-based-on-neurobiology/#machinelearning #GenerativeAI #singularity #depression #neuroscience #samaltman #lexfridman #madinamerica #mentalillness #OpenAI #ChatGPTPlease visit my website at: http://www.notascrazyasyouthink.com/​Don't forget to subscribe to the Not As Crazy As You Think YouTube channel @SicilianoJenConnect:Instagram: @ jengaita LinkedIn: @ jensicilianoTwitter: @ jsiciliano

Welcome back to the Beer Canspiracy Show. This show may be considered offensive by some, and mature listening audience is advised. In this Episode, the boys discuss the Technological Singularity. It is a hypothetical future point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization. Special thanks and music credit to Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio (https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio) and also Mokka music. (https://www.youtube.com/@MokkaMusic) Reach us at: beercanspiracyshow@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/anklespankprods --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beercanspiracyshow/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/beercanspiracyshow/support

Chat GPT, Bing Chat powered by Open AI and Google AI are on track to revolutionize our very way of life.  The last 200 years have seen countless technological revolutions that have reshaped the way we live and work. From the steam engine to the telephone, the light bulb to the automobile, the computer to the internet - each new breakthrough has fundamentally altered the fabric of society.  And now, the latest game changer has arrived: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Bing Chat,  ChatGPT, the AI language model that can cook up letters, recipes, answer and even question papers for professors, has taken the world by storm. And following the buzz around OpenAI's (Microsoft-backed) ChatGPT, Google introduced its own AI bot - Bard.  It's clear that AI is poised to transform our lives in ways we can hardly imagine. But let's not forget the lessons of the past. While technological revolutions have brought us many benefits, they've also come with their fair share of challenges and unintended consequences.  As we move forward with AI, we must proceed with caution and consider the potential risks and drawbacks of this powerful technology. It's up to us to ensure that AI is harnessed for good and used to enhance, rather than detract from, the human experience. Financially Support the Show with Super Chats or Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesingularit... Follow Michael Mataluni: https://linktr.ee/michaelmataluni​ Follow Brooks Lopez: https://twitter.com/StrivinToThrive Follow Randy: https://twitter.com/randolphmorley

Was the Promethean mythology a harbinger of Mankind's final conflict on this plane? Prometheus, of course, was the tragic figure who stole fire from Zeus in an act of heroic benevolence on behalf of humanity. Technology, some would suggest, is the allegorical fire of Zeus that has brought humanity to the present precipice of a tenuous future.  Technoscience is a dual-edged sword to be certain. Will technology provide the solutions we seek, or lead us to our ultimate demise through a Technological Singularity where robotics, genetic manipulation and nano-technology usurp Man's presumed superiority? On this episode Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD, the founder and leader of the Prometheist movement, takes us on a provocative journey to discern the possibilities that may unfold along our current techno trajectory Jason Reza Jorjani, PhD is an Iranian-American philosopher and lifelong native New Yorker. He received his BA and MA at New York University, and completed his doctorate in Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Jorjani has taught courses on Science, Technology, and Society (STS), the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, and the history of Iran as a full-time faculty member at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Earlier he taught Comparative Religion, Ethics, Political Theory, and the History of Philosophy at the State University of New York. He is a professional member of the Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE). From October of 2016 through to his resignation in August of 2017, Dr. Jorjani was the Editor-in-Chief of Arktos Media and Co-Founder of the Alt-Right Corporation. Until his resignation in November of 2019, Dr. Jorjani was also a Senior Advisor to the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Persian Renaissance Foundation. He is the author of eight books. His first book, Prometheus and Atlas, won the 2016 Book Award from the Parapsychological Association (PA). He is also the author of World State of Emergency, Lovers of Sophia, Novel Folklore, Iranian Leviathan, Prometheism, the novel Faustian Futurist, and most recently, Closer Encounters. Show links: https://jasonrezajorjani.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@prometheism3174

AI is going to change the world. In this episode (S2, E57), I explain how technological innovation, including the use of artificial intelligence, is part of humanity's ascension event. I explore the concept of ancestor simulations (simulations built within simulations), our species' "simulation point" as the Metaverse becomes manifest, how consciousnesses could remove their awareness from a body and transfer it to the cloud, and how alien life is already here -- embedded as data that runs through our Earthly systems.◉ Please subscribe, share, comment, rate, and review if you enjoyed this episode! ◉#natureofreality #AI #technologicalsingularity▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬»

This week and next, we talk to returning guest Tadaaki Hozumi about the crossroads between the esoteric history of Japan and its Indigenous peoples and royal family; the mysterious convergence of ancient records from around the world on stories of lost civilizations and extraterrestrial encounters; and how animism and magic seem ripe for retrieval as we barrel down the chute of the Technological Singularity.This is one of those edge-case conversations that I'll look back on in twenty years and either consider totally insane or uncanny in its prophetic insights. I don't confidently recommend every mention in the show notes as an authoritative final source, but I refuse to censor our citations out of my commitment to humility about What's Really Going On. This is a truly off-road dialogue on ideas so far outside of the dominant world-space of early 21st-Century Western thinking as to constitute a reputational risk, but what else is this show for than to showcase maverick thinkers and strange, potentially transformative speculations anchored in careful independent study?Strap in for a crash course on hidden temple texts, occult perspectives on the analog-digital divide, and alternative narratives so bizarre and interesting I consider them worth review on aesthetic grounds alone!  Tada is one of those “too weird to live, too rare to die” wizards and wonders I'm honored to call a friend and colleague, and I'm delighted to have them back on Future Fossils to explore the Real with you.In Tada's own blog post about this episode, they say:“It was an incredible opportunity to get to speak so freely about ancient-future matters on a prolific podcast with a name that basically captures the essence of the discussion. I've always appreciated Michael's kindness and bravery as a host, not just of a podcast but of whole online communities, who is committed to giving his listenership and community the permission to explore the strangest possibilities of human existence.”✨ Subscribe anywhere you go for podcasts!This conversation continues with lively and respectful interaction every single day in the members-only Future Fossils Facebook Group. Join us!I'm also ISO moderators interested in helping steward the Discord server so I can release it into the wilds as a fan-operated platform. Want to claim stake?✨ Support The Show:Subscribe to the podcast, essays, music, and news on Substack or PatreonBuy my original paintings or commission new workBuy my music on Bandcamp (they take 15%)✨ Tip Jars:@futurefossils on Venmo$manfredmacx on CashAppmichaelgarfield on PayPal✨ Mentioned & Related Media:Future Fossils 149 - Cultural Somatics & Ritual as Justice with Tada Hozumi, Dare Sohei, and Naomi MostGraham Hancock's hotly-debated Netflix series Ancient ApocalypseFuture Fossils 14 - WESTWORLD Problems (feat. Michael Phillip of Third Eye Drops)Future Fossils 65 - John David Ebert (Hypermodernity & Blade Runner 2049)The Evolution of Surveillance by Michael GarfieldImprovising out of Algorithmic Isolation by Michael GarfieldFuture Fossils 179 - Scout-Lieder Wiley on Transrational Oracles & Magical Thinking in The 21st CenturyFuture Fossils 195 - A.I. Art: An Emergency Panel with Julian Picaza, Evo Heyning, Micah Daigle, Jamie Curcio, & Topher SipesVagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf PottsT.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism by Hakim BeyWilliam Irwin Thompson – Exodus as Revolution (Prophecy and Revolution: Five Lectures on the Old Testament, #3)Future Fossils 178 - Chris Ryan on Exhuming The Human from Our Eldritch InstitutionsRemember Who You Are Remember 'Where' You Are and Where You 'Come' from by David IckeThe Arcturus Probe: Tales and Reports of an Ongoing Investigation by Jose ArguellesEVIDENCE OF A MASSIVE THERMONUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS ON MARS IN THE PAST: The Cydonian Hypothesis and Fermi's Paradox by J. E. BrandenburgTakenouchi DocumentsFuture Fossils 117 - Eric Wargo on Time Loops: Precognition, Retrocausation, and the UnconsciousSun-Moon Revelations / Hitsuki Shinji (1, 2)Future Fossils 176 - Exploring Ecodelia with Richard Doyle, Sophie Strand, and Sam Gandy at the Psilocybin SummitComing Into Being: Artifacts and Texts in the Evolution of Consciousness by William Irwin ThompsonFuture Fossils 181 - Jim Rutt on The Pre- and Post-History of GameBUCLA social scientist Paul Smaldino on covert signaling, identity, and social learningTen Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron LanierMore info on the Hozumi clanRein Lo (1, 2)Japanese-Jewish Common Ancestry TheoryNigihayahiFuxi Nuwa (compass and square)Episode Music: “Olympus Mons” off the Martian Arts EP by Michael Garfield This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit michaelgarfield.substack.com/subscribe

Happy Thanksgiving and Friday of Color, y'all! We battle against the interference of a weed high that got right on top of us and technical difficulties, maybe from the Technological Singularity itself. We do a thorough book report on Weinstein and Heying's “A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century”, apologize to Gabby Petito and for our “Hobo Buddy Burner” YouTube video, share comments from our YouTube channel (even the ones with negative condensation), and give deep thanks for unrepeatable days, winter boots, freedom (and justice!), Rambo, and eachother. Season finale here, folks. Eleven seasons. And the “escaping society” experiment continues...

Could computers one day take all our jobs? It's a scary possibility, but that's not all A.I. can do. Author Neal Holtschulte joins the podcast to talk about technological singularity in fiction and in real life. How close are we to this singularity? And what does it mean for humanity?

Help us grow by subscribing to the podcast, liking the episode, and sharing it with your friends. Trent Fowler is a machine learning engineer, author, and co-host of the Futurati Podcast. He recently appeared on the Cutting Edge Podcast with Lee Pierson to discuss artificial intelligence, consciousness, free will, epistemology, and AI risk. For more of their content, check out their excellent show at the Ayn Rand Center UK: https://www.youtube.com/c/AynRandCentreUK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3:12:11 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Solar saleswoman returns, HVAC, Ramon Bueso Genesis The Project, utopian visions, Rick and Morty, The Technological Singularity, seeing Stereolab in Brooklyn tonight, time travel technique, The Compleat Polarized Worlds, Mumbly, eye issue, lens wipes, wizard birds, Oracle of the Alpha, I Have Hotel Called […]

3:12:11 – Frank in NJ and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Solar saleswoman returns, HVAC, Ramon Bueso Genesis The Project, utopian visions, Rick and Morty, The Technological Singularity, seeing Stereolab in Brooklyn tonight, time travel technique, The Compleat Polarized Worlds, Mumbly, eye issue, lens wipes, wizard birds, Oracle of the Alpha, I Have Hotel Called […]

“It's not the advancement of technology, it's the advancement of technology compared to the consciousness of man.” Each podcast is infused with powerful frequencies, helping you transform simply by listening. Through two near-death experiences, Mas Sajady has journeyed to the outer limits and come back alive to share timeless knowledge and superhuman abilities to help you live your ultimate human experience. In this Episode: · What is technological singularity? · Is technological singularity responsible for the collapse of advanced societies in the past? · What can we do to maintain control and prevent technology from taking over? Could scenarios from movies like I, Robot, or Transformers actually happen? Algorithms from Facebook and Google can already predict your actions depending on what you've purchased or looked at in the past and they're accurate. Will technology eventually overtake humanity? Technology, if not used properly, can prevent us from using our potential; we're allowing machines or AI to take control. When you lose control, something else takes over, whether it's other people – or in this case – technology starts to take over. It's time to awaken our consciousness and start using our technology as a tool to support us, and not allow technology to take control. “What XI does is, as technology rises up, human consciousness rises at the same time. So, technology is supporting human consciousness. And that's the key, we haven't yet learned to awaken consciousness so that technology supports us.” Subscribe and join The Consciousness Evolution: https://youtu.be/3djnVWx7J6s --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mas-sajady/message

As computers have improved at an accelerating rate for generations now, fears of some emergent super intelligent computer mind have grown, but is such a Technological Singularity Inevitable, and can we survive it? Use code ISAACARTHUR16 for up to 16 FREE MEALS + 3 Surprise Gifts across 6 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3uRoKz7 Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/px9RyIKixHo Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: Is a Technological Singularity Inevitable? Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 340, April 28, 2022 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: David McFarlane Jason Burbank Konstantin Sokerin Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

As computers have improved at an accelerating rate for generations now, fears of some emergent super intelligent computer mind have grown, but is such a Technological Singularity Inevitable, and can we survive it? Use code ISAACARTHUR16 for up to 16 FREE MEALS + 3 Surprise Gifts across 6 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3uRoKz7 Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/px9RyIKixHo Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Support us on Subscribestar: https://www.subscribestar.com/isaac-arthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: Is a Technological Singularity Inevitable? Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 340, April 28, 2022 Written, Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Editors: David McFarlane Jason Burbank Konstantin Sokerin Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator

Machines are great, they do everything from computing to making us coffee but what if all of a sudden they started thinking for themselves rather than just doing what they were programmed to? Would there be a big SkyNet type war, would we live in peace or would giant robots start eating us? That last one is actually a thing in development right now…Join us for the singularitySupport us:Patreon.com/monsterfuzzlinktr.ee/monsterfuzz

Machines are great, they do everything from computing to making us coffee but what if all of a sudden they started thinking for themselves rather than just doing what they were programmed to? Would there be a big SkyNet type war, would we live in peace or would giant robots start eating us? That last one is actually a thing in development right now…Join us for the singularitySupport us:Patreon.com/monsterfuzzlinktr.ee/monsterfuzz