How Dangerous Is The Threat Of AI To Humanity? - Geoffrey Miller - #650

Geoffrey Miller is a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of New Mexico, a researcher and an author. Artificial Intelligence possesses the capability to process information thousands of times faster than humans. It's opened up massive possibilities. But it's also opened up huge debate about the safety of creating a machine which is more intelligent and powerful than we are. Just how legitimate are the concerns about the future of AI? Expect to learn the key risks that AI poses to humanity, the 3 biggest existential risks that will determine the future of civilisation, whether Large Language Models can actually become conscious simply by being more powerful, whether making an Artificial General Intelligence will be like creating a god or a demon, the influence that AI will have on the future of our lives and much more... Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:43) Is AI Viewed as an Existential Risk? (06:14) How the Perceived Risk of AI Has Evolved (15:47) Rapid Advancements in Neural Networks (20:07) The Next Level for ChatGPT (28:25) Helping the Public Understand the AI Arms Race (37:16) Who Will Be the First to Create AGI? (40:53) Is the Alignment Problem Still a Problem?…