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The Most Important Questions That AGI Might Help Us Explore
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The Most Important Questions That AGI Might Help Us Explore

What matters most? If we have a reasonable chance of building conscious AI and/or post-human intelligence in the next 60 years, it makes sense for us to consider where we’re…

Super-intelligent Machines May be Conscious, but Not Like We Are
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Super-intelligent Machines May be Conscious, but Not Like We Are

During my most recent UN speaking engagement in Shanghai, I wasn’t able to access Google (or my email), and was left with only a few books and the tabs I…

The Political Singularity – When AGI is the Only Issue on the Table
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The Political Singularity – When AGI is the Only Issue on the Table

The Political Singularity hypothesis: At some point in the 21st century, global and national politics will center entirely around the questions related to the (a) creation and (b) control of…

Artificial General Intelligence – Finding the Good is Better Than Doing Good
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Artificial General Intelligence – Finding the Good is Better Than Doing Good

The universe doesn’t seem to be inherently imbued with meaning, but it would seem that anything we could do to find said meaning, to make our time here “worthwhile”, would fall…

Is Artificial Intelligence Worse Than Nukes? Maybe – but it May Be Better, Too
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Is Artificial Intelligence Worse Than Nukes? Maybe – but it May Be Better, Too

Both artificial intelligence and nuclear warheads could both wipe out human life, though it might be possible for superintelligent AI to be even more destructive. That being said, AI is…

Lotus Eaters vs World Eaters – A Fork in the Road in the Transhuman Transition
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Lotus Eaters vs World Eaters – A Fork in the Road in the Transhuman Transition

Human nature has always been to gain control over the physical world — both in maximizing its output for our benefit (farming, mining, etc), and in lessening the risks it…

Artificial Intelligence Job Loss is a Comparatively Minor Concern
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Artificial Intelligence Job Loss is a Comparatively Minor Concern

How can you keep artificial intelligence from taking over your job? In my latest TEDx talk, I explore what I’ve learned (from hundreds of interviews) about job security in the…

What Black Mirror’s San Junipero Got Right and Wrong
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What Black Mirror’s San Junipero Got Right and Wrong

I’ve been cajoled into watching Netflix’s Black Mirror, and a friend of mine recommended watching the San Junipero episode next. As I mentioned in my last Black Morror reflection, and I…