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#77 (Bonus) - AI Doom Debate (w/ Liron Shapira)

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Back on Liron's Doom Debates podcast! Will we actually get around to the subject of superintelligent AI this time? Is it time to worry about the end of the world? Will Ben and Vaden emotionally recover from the devastating youtube comments from the last episode?

Follow Liron on twitter (@liron) and check out the Doom Debates youtube channel and podcast.

We discuss

  • Definitions of "new knowledge"
  • The reliance of deep learning on induction
  • Can AIs be creative?
  • The limits of statistical prediction
  • Predictions of what deep learning cannot accomplish
  • Can ChatGPT write funny jokes?
  • Trends versus principles
  • The psychological consequences of doomerism

Socials

  • Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani, @liron
  • Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
  • The world is going to end soon, might as well get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
  • Click dem like buttons on youtube

Was Vaden's two week anti-debate bro reeducation camp successful? Tell us at [email protected]

Special Guest: Liron Shapira.

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Manage episode 451016075 series 3418237
Content provided by Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani, Ben Chugg, and Vaden Masrani. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani, Ben Chugg, and Vaden Masrani or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://ppacc.player.fm/legal.

Back on Liron's Doom Debates podcast! Will we actually get around to the subject of superintelligent AI this time? Is it time to worry about the end of the world? Will Ben and Vaden emotionally recover from the devastating youtube comments from the last episode?

Follow Liron on twitter (@liron) and check out the Doom Debates youtube channel and podcast.

We discuss

  • Definitions of "new knowledge"
  • The reliance of deep learning on induction
  • Can AIs be creative?
  • The limits of statistical prediction
  • Predictions of what deep learning cannot accomplish
  • Can ChatGPT write funny jokes?
  • Trends versus principles
  • The psychological consequences of doomerism

Socials

  • Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani, @liron
  • Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
  • The world is going to end soon, might as well get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
  • Click dem like buttons on youtube

Was Vaden's two week anti-debate bro reeducation camp successful? Tell us at [email protected]

Special Guest: Liron Shapira.

Support Increments

  continue reading

88 episodes

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