On today’s show, Chong and Dan plant their flag on the next transformational change facing society: Artificial Intelligence (AI). After a decades-long pursuit, pioneering researchers and organisations have been releasing AI products into the world, with amazing and unsettling results. We provide a primer on AI, focusing on ChatGPT and its Large Language Model relatives. Then Chong provides Dan with three near-future, AI-driven scenarios, to spark a discussion of what could come next. AI seems set to disrupt society, but we are still unsure by how much, given that so much of society still operates in the physical world. To be continued…
Music by: Julian Wan
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Show notes
Something big is happening (1:41)
Existential risk, AI, and the inevitable turn in human history
AI primer (11:43)
How to Become an Expert on A.I.
How Does ChatGPT Really Work?
What all this could mean (31:44)
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Conclusion (1:07:09)
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