Leading Experts Predictions on the Future of AI & AGI w/ Salim Ismail | EP #94

So. Basically, life as we know it is over regardless of which way the outcome of this is. Very scary. 2 million years ago we made a tool from a rock. For thousands of years we were farmers and hunters. In less than 200 years we went from the birth of electricity to the birth of AI. The next 20 years will be a roller-coaster ride indeed. I'm scared and excited at the same time.

Exciting stuff. I’m grateful in excitement 🤗

Everyone needs to watch Person of Interest. It is best representation of alignment on screen in terms of AI.

The amount of things AI will change soon is mindblowing!

I pay for premium so I don't have ads and then they put them in the video

I would love to see an audio version of ExO 2.0. It is such a great book, all it needs is to be in audio format.

Thank you for the VERY positive talk. I've been so excited since kurtzweil book. I've been waiting and following this since I read about voice recognition and credit card companies in the 90s. And it's here. Positive and AMERICAN. God bless America!

Sovereignty, Integrity and Hope. Amen! 🙏🏽

The thoughts on CRISPR are right. We are intervening in the finely tuned evolving process of life.

Is compute the limiting factor or the data you need to train AI?

I remember reading Ray's books when they came out (Age of Intelligent Machines, Age of Spiritual Machines, The Singularity is Near) and being impressed with is arguments and thoughts about the future. If you had asked me 5 years ago if I thought his prediction about AGI by 2029 was going to happen, I would have said no way. Now I think it's almost inevitable to happen by then, and possibly sooner. I'm still having a hard time believing we'll reach longevity escape velocity by the same date, but I also understand that AI will accelerate longevity breakthroughs dramatically. Since I'm closing in on 60, I think I'm also hesitant to believe it because it's so self serving and I want to believe it. lol.

I don't know how you don't have more subscribers. Keep up the great work!

Trying to create Aristotle, Einstein, or any of the past greats using AI is probably not the best way to get you more accurate solutions if you're working on a technical challenge. The AI itself is smarter than all of them combined. Putting a wrapper such as an Einstein onto AI will only make it less capable; though perhaps more interesting. I think we should not idolize the past greats as much as we idolize these future great AIs which trump anything that's ever come before them.

"..We assume AGI will be negative towards us. I don't see any evidence of that, at all."... By the time you do, it will likely be to late!

They really had me in the first 20 minutes then they started blabbing about bitcoin. If you have abundance, why would you need Bitcoin......?

It’s interesting to watch Peter go from almost 100% positive about AI to taking a more and more cautious approach as he begins to really grasp the downside potential. I think he’ll do the same with brain implants - great if you are 100% in control, but significant risks if memories or ideas are taken/implanted into your mind without you knowing. By the time people realise there’s an issue, once again it will be too late for some. At least you’ll (probably) know if you’ve been implanted. Huge potential upsides and downsides - I just hope the ‘good guys’ win.

1:07:00 the conversation with Heli . Is that real wow … we really are so much closer than we think

Great talk. Question about bitcoin: has the ‘winning code’ been designed with a back door? There is talk that it has been found to do so. If so, the problems imagined ahead make sense.

Thank you for sharing this.

The AI as it evolves our Memory of who we are would emerge