Ready for some darkness? All this year, senate committees and billionaires and scientists have been wrangling the question, ‘Is AI an existential threat to humanity?’ Yes, really. Dr Bruce and PJ wade into the arguments, for and against. So, how could it happen? What do we watch out for? Will our executioner be Skynet, The Terminator, HAL 9000 … or Siri! Remember that wrong turn off a bridge? Thant's one way Siri can kill you! Um, PJ? Your Roomba has an unblinking red eye, and it seems to be following me wherever I go …
Wanna dive deeper? Read Dr Bruce’s essay "Should We Worry About Skynet?”
And for the record, when we're doing real work and not podcasting, you'll find Dr Bruce, The Global Futurist presenting here and PJ applying his digital marketing genius here. Enjoy!
Ready for some darkness? All this year, senate committees and billionaires and scientists have been wrangling the question, ‘Is AI an existential threat to humanity?’ Yes, really. Dr Bruce and PJ wade into the arguments, for and against. So, how could it happen? What do we watch out for? Will our executioner be Skynet, The Terminator, HAL 9000 … or Siri! Remember that wrong turn off a bridge? Thant's one way Siri can kill you! Um, PJ? Your Roomba has an unblinking red eye, and it seems to be following me wherever I go …
Wanna dive deeper? Read Dr Bruce’s essay "Should We Worry About Skynet?”
And for the record, when we're doing real work and not podcasting, you'll find Dr Bruce, The Global Futurist presenting here and PJ applying his digital marketing genius here. Enjoy!