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Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development
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Max Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development

Lex Fridman Podcast #371

Max Tegmark and Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman Podcast, 2023
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In this enlightening podcast, MIT research scientist Lex Fridman interviewed AI researcher and physicist Max Tegmark, author of Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Both insist that today’s runaway AI train has rushed humanity to an existential “fork in the road,” where risks include economic catastrophe, cultural and political upheaval, and human extinction. These experts call for a pause in AI development. They say their wake-up call gives society enough time to benefit from this powerful technology and to learn to live with the superintelligent alien beings they warn that scientists are busily creating. 

Take-Aways

  • Alien intelligence will be created by humans.
  • Life 3.0 will not resemble today’s human existence.
  • A pause in AI development is essential.

About the Podcast

Max Tegmark is a physicist and AI researcher at MIT, co-founder of the Future of Life Institute, and author of Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Lex Fridman is a computer scientist, podcaster, artificial intelligence researcher, and research scientist at MIT.

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