S3 E9 Geoff Hinton, the “Godfather of AI“, quits Google to warn of AI risks (Host: Pieter Abbeel)

S3 E9 Geoff Hinton, the “Godfather of AI“, quits Google to warn of AI risks (Host: Pieter Abbeel) What’s in this episode: 00:00:00 Geoffrey Hinton 00:01:46 Sponsors: Index Ventures and Weights and Biases 00:02:45 Backpropagation on digital computers might be better than whatever the brain has 00:06:30 Will the AI take over control from humans? 00:10:10 Predictive AI vs. Goal-Oriented AI 00:13:34 AI smarter than people 00:16:55 Risks of AI 00:19:35 Let’s not forget about the tremendous good AI will do 00:22:44 Letter for a 6-month stop to larger AI model development 00:26:28 Role of regulation 00:32:45 The existential threat of AI taking control 00:36:06 AI as the benevolent super-capable “United Nations” advisor to humanity 00:40:03 What would happen if the AI did take control? 00:41:44 Fusing human and artificial intelligence / Neuralink 00:44:00 Assuming AI will take over, is there room to steer how life will be then 00:47:05 The bottom line: the purpose of life 00:54:00 Technical opportunities to contribute towards a good AI-powered future 00:56:18 What are you going to do now? Guest links: ~hinton/ Sponsor Links: Our podcast on other platforms: Apple: Spotify: Amazon: Google: Acast: Host: Pieter Abbeel -- ~pabbeel Production: Bo Obradovic