Nonzero | AI, Techno-optimism, and Cosmic Purpose | Robert Wright & Kevin Kelly @Nonzero | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 33 minutes ago.
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0:00 Kevin’s place in cyberspace history
6:30 Are we grappling with the pace of tech progress rationally?
20:25 Why Kevin identifies as a techno-optimist
22:48 Is it too early to regulate AI?
29:57 The noosphere, the technium, and species of mind
37:47 Do AI doomers think too highly of thinking?
41:49 Evolution and the question of cosmic purpose
48:18 Should we see AIs as “artificial aliens”?
Discussed in Overtime:
Kevin's spiritual transformation.
Will AI be like a god to humans? Vice-versa?
How expecting near-term death changed Kevin’s life.
A bettor way of making AI predictions.
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Kevin Kelly (Wired, The Inevitable, What Technology Wants). Recorded April 29, 2024.
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Subscribe to The Nonzero Newsletter at nonzero.substack.com
Exclusive Overtime discussion at: nonzero.substack.com/p/ai-techno-optimism-and-cosmic-purpose
0:00 Kevin’s place in cyberspace history
6:30 Are we grappling with the pace of tech progress rationally?
20:25 Why Kevin identifies as a techno-optimist
22:48 Is it too early to regulate AI?
29:57 The noosphere, the technium, and species of mind
37:47 Do AI doomers think too highly of thinking?
41:49 Evolution and the question of cosmic purpose
48:18 Should we see AIs as “artificial aliens”?
Discussed in Overtime:
Kevin's spiritual transformation.
Will AI be like a god to humans? Vice-versa?
How expecting near-term death changed Kevin’s life.
A bettor way of making AI predictions.
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Kevin Kelly (Wired, The Inevitable, What Technology Wants). Recorded April 29, 2024.
Twitter: twitter.com/NonzeroPods
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