EP7 - First, AI Resistance. Then, Human Renaissance

Gradient Proof

The Gradient Proof podcast features Steven W Sorensen and Roy Peer discussing the potential implications of artificial intelligence (AI) becoming more advanced and intelligent. They explore the potential of combining different nodes of AI development to create a more general artificial intelligence, and the pushback against AI research, particularly GPT research, with an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on AI research. The speakers discuss the fear of job displacement and the resistance that may come from those who have spent their lives developing certain skills. They also talk about the potential for AI to make certain jobs more efficient and the resistance that may come from those who fear change. The podcast highlights the importance of considering the potential implications of AI becoming more advanced and intelligent, and the need for ethical considerations in its development. The speakers also discuss the potential biases of AI systems and the importance of finding efficiencies in achieving goals. The conversation highlights the potential of AI to solve problems and find efficiencies, but also raises questions about the limitations and biases of AI systems. Overall, the podcast provides insights into the potential of AI and its impact on self-actualization and problem-solving.
In this Episode:
[1:45] Being Human in The Age of Artificial Intelligence
[06:23] Prompt Engineers
[11:45] ChatGPT Sets the Bar in the AI Market
[20:23] ChatGPT: an Architect's Creative Ally or Foe
[26:20] Ensuring AI's Ethical Boundaries
[36:15] AI's Transformative Ability to Learn and Adapt
[39:35] Trajectory of AI in the Years to Come
[53:00] ChatGPT and Resistance
[58:40] Old Forester 1870
[1:00:17] Comparing Human Intelligence with Artificial General Intelligence
[1:01:49] Assessing Our Progress to Superintelligence
Bios
Roy Peer is an architect turned entrepreneur. After working for award-winning architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro in New York City, he started a virtual reality company, which later sold to a notable Hollywood director in 2018. Peer is the founder of PeerBasics, a data-driven products company that analyzes e-commerce sales data to drive product launch decisions in multiple categories with multiple factory partners in Asia. Peer is the author of Simulation Arcade, a sci-fi novel that paints a possible future world where AI and brain chips are commonplace and details how humanity meets its AI cocoon moment and how to stop it.
Steven W Sorensen is the director of corporate finance at droppGroup / droppLabs, an AI / ML web3 video & mixed reality shopatainment marketplace, co-founder & COO of Fotin Media, and a board director of RocketStar, a small satellite launch company. Steven calls NYC home, has lived in China for seven years and has an MA and M.Phil in English from The University of Hong Kong. He likes jazz piano and good whiskey.
Mentions:
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers and Strategies by Nick Bostrom (2014) https://www.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/0199678111
Keywords: #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence #Ethical #Research #SuperIntelligence #HumanIntelligence
Whiskey: Old Forester 1870 https://www.oldforester.com/products/old-forester-1870-original-batch-whisky/
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Website: https://www.gradientproof.com/
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Twitter: @gradientproof https://twitter.com/gradientproof
Other Projects:
Buy Simulation Arcade in Paperback
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QF3YPV4
Simulation Arcade Pre-Release NFT (comes with author-signed copy)
https://opensea.io/collection/author-release
RocketStar - Aerospike Engines & Small Satellite Launch Co.
https://rocketstar.nyc/
Fotin Media https://fotinmedia.com/
droppLabs.io https://dropplabs.io/