Gus Docker & Ben Goertzel , Future of Life Institute Podcast

Facing Superintelligence (with Ben Goertzel)

23 May 2025 • 92 min • EN
92 min
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On this episode, Ben Goertzel joins me to discuss what distinguishes the current AI boom from previous ones, important but overlooked AI research, simplicity versus complexity in the first AGI, the feasibility of alignment, benchmarks and economic impact, potential bottlenecks to superintelligence, and what humanity should do moving forward.    Timestamps:   00:00:00 Preview and intro   00:01:59 Thinking about AGI in the 1970s   00:07:28 What's different about this AI boom?   00:16:10 Former taboos about AGI  00:19:53 AI research worth revisiting   00:35:53 Will the first AGI be simple?   00:48:49 Is alignment achievable?   01:02:40 Benchmarks and economic impact   01:15:23 Bottlenecks to superintelligence  01:23:09 What should we do?

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