Fearing AI is Like Fearing Yourself | Blaise Agüera y Arcas and Charles Mudede
39A fascinating and densely informative discussion about the current state, future, and impact of AI with Vice President and Fellow at Google Research, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, and Stranger Senior Staff Writer Charles Mudede. Put on your thinking caps and strap in!
Blaise presents his new book "Who Are We Now?" at Elliot Bay Book Company in Seattle on December 13, 2023. https://elliottbaybook.com/events/31516
00:00 Where do we stand with AI and how did we get here?
05:16 Does social transmission set humans apart from AI?
09:37 Accelerationism and the future of AI
14:03 Marxism and The Fragment of Machines
19:34 Political perspective, language, symbiosis, and cooperation
26:28 AI is not an "other" — AI is us
30:27 Art and plagiarism
33:06 You can't separate AI from nature
38:06 The potential for AI is a power issue
40:37 Is there a difference between a hammer and AI?
44:52 If AI is not a tool, what is it?