Sam Altman, the founder of ChatGPT, believes we're past the event horizon. We're past the point of no return. The future is an AI future. And, well, Andrew Noble and Joel Jacob mostly agree. But with some important caveats related to AI safety, deterministic versus probabilistic coding, determinism philosophically, and agency amidst rapid technological advancements.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

02:28 AI Defense and Security

07:47 The Gentle Singularity

13:43 The Deterministic vs. Instrumentalist View of Tech

22:46 Probabilistic vs. Deterministic Coding in AI

25:31 Evaluating AI's Performance, Ethics, and Impact

31:34 Finding Hope in the AI Age

Links

- Sam Altman on A Gentle Singularity

- Using GenAI helps consultants:

- ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study

Keywords: AI, Artificial Intelligence, OpenAI, Sam Altman, technology, singularity, ethics, job displacement, security, human values, deterministic, probabilistic

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