Nick Bostrom: Worries About AI Existential Risk Just Became More Concrete
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Nick Bostrom: Worries About AI Existential Risk Just Became More Concrete

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 19, 20261 hr 1 min

Nick Bostrom is an AI philosopher and the author of Superintelligence and Deep Utopia. Bostrom joins Big Technology to discuss whether the rise of autonomous AI agents is making the technology’s existential risks more concrete. Tune in to hear his assessment of the alignment problem, recursive self-improvement, and humanity’s chances of steering superintelligence toward a positive outcome. We also cover whether we have reached AGI, the case for a precisely timed AI pause, biological threats, AI consciousness, and the moral status of digital minds. Hit play for a clear-eyed conversation about AI’s greatest dangers and its potent...

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It's now finally time to get worried about AI breaking containment and turning us to dust. Legendary AI philosopher Nick Bostrom is here to help us figure it out. That's coming up right after this. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed and nuanced conversation of the tech

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world and beyond. Crazy things are happening in the AI world as AI agents break containment and some of the fears of the past that might have seemed like science fiction start to seem like they are potentially en route to becoming reality. So how afraid should we be?

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And what are the chances that the outcomes that we see for AI will end up taking us to a much better version of the life we're living today? We have the best guest to speak with us about this today.

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