Celebrated historian Niall Ferguson, author of 17 books including Civilisation, a biography of Kissinger, a biography of the Rothschild family and Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe comes into to discuss AI. He recently wrote that the AI doomsdayists, including those behind the petition for a six month moratorium on AI development, should be taken seriously. But some of them think humanity’s end is around the corner. Niall and Winston discuss whether or not they are correct.
// CHAPTERS
00:00 – Introduction
01:00 – Why does AI matter?
04:15 – Does Eliezer Yudkowsky have a point?
10:00 – Why you should read science fiction
14:30 – We should work together to limit AI
16:30 – Why is ChatGPT woke?
20:00 – Will AI put Niall out of a job?
25:00 – Could AI ever deserve rights?
29:00 – How AI is faking it
31:40 – Will we go to war with AI?
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