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What Is Truth and Its Importance in the Age of Singularity: With Michael Shermer | MCP Episode 14
Aug. 12, 2024.
1 hr. and 11 mins. and 51 sec. listen.
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In this episode, Dr. Mihaela Ulieuru interviews Michael Shermer, founding publisher of Skeptic magazine and renowned science writer, discussing his work on skepticism and his bestselling books.
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I enjoyed this interview, however I cringed when Michael said he didn't believe in the alignment issue because the government would be able to tell Elon to shut off the self-driving algorithm if it got out out of control. Did he not read Bostrom's Superintelligence? If the superintelligence takeoff is short enough no one will be able to "turn it off", and if at that point it's not aligned, well, then it might be game over.
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I have also enjoyed this one!
First, kudos to Dr. Mihaela! Probably your interview with Michael is the best I have seen, and it is ten times better than the one with Charles Hoskinson. Keep it up.
Now I am going to address your [Hugh's] comment. Like you, I agree that ignoring the alignment issue and relying on government intervention is a fruitless plan. However, I do not agree with Bostrom's side proposal as well. I needed to mention that here because you mentioned Bostrom, and I since I do not know what your stance is when it comes to his side's proposal, I wanted to know your view on it as well.
Like you said, Bostrom correctly identified the risk; well, to be honest, any smart person will also identify that. Yet, Bostrom's solution is also a fruitless plan, or even a much worse one, which will create tyrants. He and his group are suggesting that, to avoid the risks of the short takeoff, all developments of AI should be monopolized, and the rights should be reserved for selected elites like him and his group. As you can see, this is worse than ignoring the alignment issue or hoping for benevolent government regulation.
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