Carrick Flynn from The Future of Humanity Institute was our guest on today’s show. The Future of Humanity Institute is run by Nick Bostrom and Carrick is involved in their work on AI (Artificial Intelligence) governance and policy-making. Essentially, that means he is attempting to propose frameworks through which we could safely produce AI for the common good of humanity. We spoke all about the fears and potential for AI and how it could destroy or revolutionise our world.

Resources

https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/

https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_can_we_build_ai_without_losing_control_over_it

https://www.ted.com/talks/nick_bostrom_what_happens_when_our_computers_get_smarter_than_we_are

https://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/the-dawn-of-artificial-intelligence1

https://www.ted.com/talks/grady_booch_don_t_fear_superintelligence

https://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_kelly_how_ai_can_bring_on_a_second_industrial_revolution

https://thejist.co.uk/science-and-tech/how-can-we-use-artificial-intelligence-when-we-cant-handle-real-intelligence/

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