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Is humanity ready for superintelligent AI?
From robot soldiers to AI lovers, the rise of Artificial General Intelligence- machines as smart (or smarter) than humans- has moved from fiction to serious prediction. Join philosopher Will Ratoff as he explores the ethical, social and existential dilemmas we might face as we build minds that could out-think our own. Should we keep going? Should we stop? And what happens if we can’t?
Find out more about Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin by visiting https://www.tcd.ie/philosophy
https://www.tcd.ie/
Is humanity ready for superintelligent AI?
From robot soldiers to AI lovers, the rise of Artificial General Intelligence- machines as smart (or smarter) than humans- has moved from fiction to serious prediction. Join philosopher Will Ratoff as he explores the ethical, social and existential dilemmas we might face as we build minds that could out-think our own. Should we keep going? Should we stop? And what happens if we can’t?
Find out more about Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin by visiting https://www.tcd.ie/philosophy
https://www.tcd.ie/










