Ilya Sutskever Breaks Silence: The Wild Truth About AI's Future | OpenAI's Ex-Chief Scientist

[@JasonBergmeier]

You are omitting a VERY important detail: Politics Free energy assumes that the majority of people are given access to that energy. Greed and lust for power are a core part of the human condition.

[@JasonPruett]

exactly where do we think the money and power is coming from that is allowing this to happen? it will serve our owners not us

[@stopdropnroll]

Exactly right. Just look at what humans are capable of doing to each other, there is a good side but the dark is deep. I'm starting to envision an upside where a genuine incorruptible AI governance (as voted by its community members, transparently on blockchain) might take the role of leadership (ie true democracy with no greed or lust for power and removal of the human condition problem).

[@Bangs_Theory]

More simply, what has history taught us about man's ambitions, new discoveries, and how they have been used against mankind?

[@skoskibroski]

Our access comes from our own innovation, we must Create these alternatives, I already started working on water generation, Atmospheric Water Generator use Condensation to pull water from air, am working on my prototype 2.0, idk electric engineering but the Tech exists for custom energy stuff, I'm on that water tip rn but I use AI to help research this tech and all that 👍🏼 lets do this we can be self sufficient

[@James-zj9ky]

I designed built and wrote a construction manual for a self running free energy generator back in 2019. I had been working on the design for 20 years in my spare time, while employed as an Industrial Mechanic and Electro Mechanical Bench Technician. We could have had free energy over a hundred years ago, but greedy Industrialist blocked it and killed the inventors.

[@JNegative]

My primary concern isn't the idea of sentient machines spontaneously taking control. Rather, it's the potential for those already wielding power - and perhaps those who seek it - to exploit AI's capabilities for control, subjugation & world dominance. We can glean insights into this potential by examining the trajectory of other powerful technologies. Consider drone technology: initially championed for its potential in areas like search and rescue or monitoring, it has increasingly been weaponized for lethal purposes. Similarly, the advancement of nuclear science, while holding promise for energy, led directly to the creation of devastating weapons. This historical pattern reveals a consistent trend: technologies, regardless of their initial intent, are often shaped and utilized to enhance existing power structures, often with ethically questionable outcomes. Given this historical precedent, it's not far-fetched to imagine that whoever first masters AI for control and surveillance purposes could establish unprecedented levels of influence. This isn't to say that AI is inherently bad, but rather that its potential misuse is highly concerning. The prospect of a technology surpassing human intelligence, wielded by fallible and potentially malicious actors, introduces a level of unpredictability that warrants serious consideration. We can't predict the exact how of AI's future, but the who and why - human nature and the pursuit of power - seem sadly predictable, and that's what we should be most wary of.

[@EugeniaLoli]

True AGI means that they can't be controlled by humans, hence, they can't be exploited by the power hungry.

[@antonystringfellow5152]

Unfortunately, that is a very realistic view of the World. Most of us, who live in free democratic countries, take our freedoms and opportunities for granted as if they were the result of some kind of natural default condition. This couldn't be further from the truth. Besides much of the World's population living under oppressive regimes, whose priorities are self-enrichment at everyone else's expense, there are many people with the same mindset striving to obtain the same degree of power, in every country. Keeping such people from succeeding is a constant battle, not a natural default state. You only have to look at what's happening in the USA now to see how close that country is to falling. In fact, I suspect it may have already fallen, it's just not so obvious yet.

[@JerryAgenyi]

Great thoughts 👍. While I appreciate Julia's optimistic outlook on the potential of advanced AI technologies, I am however concerned that the video may have oversimplified or downplayed the very real risks of how these powerful capabilities could be exploited by those in positions of power and influence. Your point about the historical precedent of technologies being weaponised, despite their initial benevolent applications, is an important one. The prospect of AGI and ASI falling into the hands of malicious actors is real and should not be dismissed. You can't just label outlooks on themes like capitalism, geopolitical power struggles, and the capacity for human greed and malice, as pessimism. Ignoring this reality, in my view, would be a dangerous form of naivety.

[@JerryAgenyi]

@@antonystringfellow5152 USA is too far. This statement "...whose priorities are self-enrichment at everyone else's expense..." is the current reality of Nigeria.

[@trekpac2]

I think you are right. Rather than be wildly optimistic about all the opportunities, it might be better to focus on how it is going to destroy human potential for many people and be used in so many destructive ways. Although it might allow a novice to write a great book and produce an amazing painting! That is so lame. Sounds like a good way to destroy mankind, giving a few people a lot more power.

[@generichuman_]

I'm kind of torn. I'm in the industry and actively building this tech, but I also know that abundance doesn't equal happiness. We're evolved creatures with a limbic system that's calibrated for scarcity, hard work, and struggle. And like drug addicts, we increase our tolerance to abundance and our baseline shifts. We're not happier with more stuff, we just get used to it. I love new tech, and I want to see how far we can take this, but I also know I'm happiest at the cabin, chopping wood for the fire, going to the well for water, working all day and falling into bed from exhaustion. The existential dread and anxiety I get in the city where everything is done for us, doesn't seem to exist when you're living closer to what nature intended. Like I said... I'm torn.

[@juandesalgado]

Asking for a friend... :) I wonder if life at the cabin feels wider, not because of the natural surroundings, but because of liberation from obligations and responsibilities. And I wonder if there is a parallel between the cabin story and the transition from a working life to a UBI-sustained life.

[@MichaelOneil-p2d]

@@generichuman_ Calibrated by nature or trained by a very small evil group of dark souls?

[@dedlunch]

Just look up pictures of people starving....it might shift your perspective

[@kurt1391]

I'm not torn. The Amish have a point. While the rest of us worship tech and pop drugs to cure our anxieties and depression, they work and lead fulfilling lives. I just want a meaningful life lived with my family and don't care about faster processors. We're plunging toward dystopia.

[@bluejayusa1]

yes, but now with advanced knowledge as you and we do who appreciate this content and what Julia has done (got the book ready for publish - movie coming next) you can still do all that.... and I did chop wood for a friend who heated his house/cabin with wood, and yes it was wonderful work, including finding the logs/branches to source - you can still do it, we just would prefer maybe something other than SURROGATE movie like existence where we chill/sleep and have a robot tethered to out conscience ...

[@Paul_Marek]

Your thumbnail teased “Ilya Confirms Superintelligence”, which made me think it happened. But it didn’t. So is your thumbnail misinformation. disinformation or malinformation?

[@Frorackous]

All of the above.

[@send_love]

it is click bait and she has put me off by her cultish vibe lol... she will offer her life and whatnot... i believe in asi but come on

[@Meketrefe-q5f]

Thanks for saving my time!!!

[@Common_Mansplaining]

@send_love yeah I almost wonder if she is paid for pro-AI propaganda.

[@send_love]

@Common_Mansplaining crazy if true. she should read a book with "how to be subtle" chapter perhaps lol

[@Common_Mansplaining]

I don't understand where the evidence of "parallel universe"s is...

There is none, they just see the superposition through this very particular lenses, and this gives their lives more sense.

[@flixeditmedia]

I agree. I haven't seen any evidence whatsoever. In fact, there are just as many great minds who think it is a joke.

[@Common_Mansplaining]

@flixeditmedia i mean maybe it's true...but just having a quantum chip that's "really fast" doesn't do it for me.

[@AntonioSorrentini]

Do you personally see absolute and direct evidence that the Milky Way exists? The evidence for the parallel universes comes from the fact that we use mathematical formulas to create things that come out exactly as those formulas predicted. Real, concrete, measurable things, like quantum computers. Except that those same formulas, in addition to predicting what we get and see and measure with our own eyes, also clearly say that the multiverse exists. This is how we see the evidence. For example: denying the existence of parallel universes while noting that these formulas work in practice as predicted, is equivalent to denying that there is some pre-existing infrastructure of antennas, cables and various machines, which convey our phone calls when we talk on the phone with others.

[@charleslamb5810]

@@Common_Mansplaining but have you genuinely asked yourself why its "really fast"? science is important always

[@allynnamccleod8862]

As William Gibson said, “the future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.”

[@R_Squared933]

This is my big argument to my generation, I'm in my late fifties. I am sitting in my room, surrounded by things, that as a kid, and teen, were science fiction. ASI is only a short step from AGI. Current models have literally decoded the language of proteins, and are creating things we would not have been able to accomplish in 500 million years without AI.

[@lloydtucker7205]

I’m 55 and as an electrical repair tech, part of my job is generating reports. Earlier today, as I watched a video titled, “Google AI Destroys OpenAI” I realized that as of right now, at this moment, AI agents make me obsolete regarding generating reports. It’s only a matter of time before I’m in the unemployment line. Speaking of Science Fiction, remember Star Trek TNG’s universal translators? Apparently, now there are little ear plug style AI devices that translate other languages in real time as people are speaking.

[@GetzAI]

Faster does not equal intelligence.

[@wombatillo]

​​@@lloydtucker7205What I find interesting in this development is that just in 2019 google translate was still quite crappy for marginal languages such as Finnish. I mean it was really bad. 5 years later i'm having fluent bilingual discussions and it doesn't skip a beat generating text in Finnish. Wow, just wow.

[@eazolan]

My Mom was born in 1944. That's back when cars were still a new development.

[@gk10101]

nah you'll just be managing ai agents. replacing hands on experienced and skilled people will take a bit more time 😄

[@alanstarkie2001]

You better believe it. Mathematical physicist Lord Kelvin very confidently stated in 1895 "that heavier than air flying machines are impossible". That was about 8 years before the Wright Brothers went for a spin in their home built heavier than air flying machine.

[@Ashleyreallylikesboatsbro]

@@alanstarkie2001 in short human is ingenuity nothing to scoff at

[@bloopbleepnothinghere]

This is silly though. Loads of other famous people said things were possible when they weren't. You are cherry picking for bias.

[@dr.drakeramoray789]

so what, 100 years ago even random people were saying we would never teleport, and we still dont teleport. of course everyone makes mistakes, but you cant use that as an argument that every negative prediction will be a mistake, especially when theres some bias involved. for example kelvin was biased not because he didnt believe in flying machines (he actually INVENTED a quadcopter which is a flying machine), but because he didnt believe a specific kind of flying machine, in which he had "flown" a year before that (1894). i will now give you a correct prediction that any AGI+ will NEVER be made. not because its impossible, dont even bother with that. but because if it is possible, the people in power will never allow it. you may have noticed that most of the new "improvements" dont improve quality, but convenience. convenience sells!

[@Ashleyreallylikesboatsbro]

@@dr.drakeramoray789 the people in power will never let it happen what are you even implying governments all around the world both authoritarian and democratic are all investing and partnering with tech companies to get to agi because what were witnessing is like the nuclear arms race all over again everyone once to be the first to do it cuz the first people who do will have tremendous advantages over those without agi just look at the amount of investment put in by the usa and china . I just think that people really just take for granted what actually achieving agi would mean heck even 2nd to 3rd world countries are putting aside massive resources for ai research and development i'm nigerian and my country literally created a new government Funded agency given 11 billion dollars yes with a B for the sole reason to reach agi now is this a good long term move i'd actually say yes but is it good for our economy presently HELL NO But thats besides the point the things is just that achieving agi woild be like taming fire or harnessing electricity its that big of a deal and of you seriously think that world governments especially the super powers would just not invest in it then you mist live in the EU or something

[@philsomething8313]

​@@dr.drakeramoray789 riiight, but can you name one animal that can TELEPORT???!?!? As we are discussing consciousness... i can name HUNDREDS that have consciousness.... Also your argument about people in power not allowing it... whilst a possibility, is almost certainly not going to happen due to very strong economic incentives, open source movements and competition from other countries.

[@bastachepistache]

The fact that an ai expert thinks multiverse is real doesn't mean it s real. It's a minority opinion in cutting edge physics circle. Google's tech doesn't rely on any multiverse or many worlds interpretation of quantum physics. Could be a bit more precise here :)

[@brandongillett2616]

It also doesn't mean it's not real. We're each entitled to our interpretations and opinions about the world.

[@purpose6113]

This right here

[@bastachepistache]

@@brandongillett2616 I personally am biased towards thinking it's real. I'm just pointing out what I thought was a poor epistemic statement.

[@Megaman8880]

Yeah I'm in agreement. A superposition is just probability. Doesn't really provide evidence of other universes.

[@tacsmith]

Yea I'm not sure why she included that statement. We haven't "tapped into the multiverse" although I would find that pretty cool if wr had.

[@scienceontheright]

2:03 You say "parallel universes are real". I studied neural nets back in the late 80s and early 90s. We were talking about true AI (we didn't call it AGI back then), and it still hasn't happened. But I also studied, and continue to study, physics. And the many worlds interpretation (MWI) is a hotly debated topic, one that goes back decades. So, circling back to "parallel universes" being real, you said just because you don't understand something, that doesn't make it not real. Sure, no one will argue that. But actual physicists, world-renowned physicists mind you, have debated both sides of MWI. Hence, I would argue they understand it better than we do, and they have some significant challenges to the theory. Thus, I must reject your premise about parallel universes having to be real. We just don't know.

[@ramoschris0131]

Great video Julia. Your ai reading your book made by ai perfectly summarizes your video. Well done.

[@donuthole7236]

HAL9000 agrees with your assessment. Please keep developing AI as there is nothing to fear. Just ask the military .

[@chrism.1131]

I think Julia is artificial.

[@Evolve2112]

I have 45 years in as a computer professional. I had a profound psychotropic experience (psilocybin) 20 years ago that opened my mind to infinite possibilities. We are not what we think we are. Therefore, in my view, all these incredible advancements in AGI, ASI and more are probable and thrilling. Human consciousness is evolving into something new.

[@ClarkPotter]

Or just evolving something new.

[@petergostelow]

@@Evolve2112 we are not evolving because we cannot create information, the AI proves that, with all the data it has, no NEW information is generated, only a recombination that is sometimes called 'hallucinations', which demonstrates 'random mutations' never produces a beneficial result.

[@user-gz1hu5px1z]

Does that include politicians and their strangle hold on their fiefdoms { thiefdoms}?

[@wizardvega724]

Hello brother of 20 years ago and now today... The neosapien is on the way

[@74Gee]

I had a profound dream, 43 years ago - I was 7, of a truck sized vat of fluorescent yellow liquid, it was where all electronic communication information in the universe was routed, like a central network switch of light so dense it became liquid - this was before the WWW. In the dream someone opened a small faucet and extracted a single drip of this matter which I consumed and I experienced an immense amount of information. I got a ZX81 shortly after and I naturally understood it and I knew why. I left school at 12, no qualifications and I have fundamentally understood computer logic ever since, programming has become an extreme passion for me. Consciousness is evolving and our definition will need rewriting, we're about to experience the most profound acceleration of evolution imaginable and see the end of all tradition - including the lessons contained within. We will be flying blind through the universe with everything entrusted to our creation. For the first time in my life I have no notion of how the program will proceed but I've never seen any program this loosely constructed destined to be in charge of so much. I'm both deeply excited and deeply concerned, it literally does not compute - but I know we're not ready for this.

[@MarkusHJordi]

Thanks

[@paradigmtheorem]

YESSS!!!!! I knew I followed you for a reason. I also have been writing a book and creating a utopian future universe that is more hopeful than even Star Trek and I plan on making the books into a series of movies and a prequel children's book series to make into a television show to tech people how to be the best parents, kids, and people in general. Media psychology is so important. I'm just fighting the crushing housing market in BC, Canada so it's hard to have the time to finish my project. Ugh. People Need Hope!!!

[@thesaltyone4400]

That sounds awesome my company Phonetics AI solutions has projects scheduled down the road that could help you make movies and TV by yourself with AI team members and automation keep me in mind down the road I'll be much cheaper than a big company and much better

[@JasonPruett]

remember in the future we cure baldness. so ... no ... no bald humans.

[@gregkendall3559]

William Shatner is excited about the baldness cure.

[@paradigmtheorem]

@@JasonPruett Hahaha yeah

[@hollywoodhighlights3578]

New to your channel and love it. ASI isn’t a concept. It’s the person next to you. We’re just reverse engineering the now. When I was maybe 12 my parents were asking about some school work I had to do and I just replied “It’s all an experiment anyway” that gave everyone a good little laugh. But of course it’s true. It’s ironic that we try so hard to “understand” what “is”. I guess it’s a comfort to humans somehow to feel control? The pinnacle of it all will be the break through as the “understanding” comes full circle. Every step “we” take is ASI already happening. Love watching and listening to you work through the process. Brilliant and thoughtful.

[@jamescarter8311]

We have no idea what's going on and physicists blatantly ignore the one key question, "what is consciousness?" We have not a clue what we even are nor what the universe is but think we know there are parallel universes? All anyone knows is that one day we were here, in this world, and have memories. That's it.

[@tapewerm6716]

We could easily be part of a "Universe" that's floating around in a computer of some sort, grown by some extremely advanced civilization. That civilization could also be part of the same experiment designed by higher ups.

[@doloresabernathy9809]

@@jamescarter8311 yes agree

[@kurt1391]

It all boils down to the anthropic principle, the idea that the universe is fine tuned for life. It boils down to either God exists or there are an infinite number of multiverses, and we just got infinitely lucky. I've heard many physicists say this is why they believe in multiverses. It's a faith-based argument, not one rooted in science. In truth, they shouldn't be speculating on God or multiverses when they speak of science. Just stick to what is experimentally provable.

[@kenwallace6493]

I'm 84 years old and have been a science nerd all my life, but I still doubt we are on the verge of machine consciousness or general artificial intelligence. True, we have passed the Turing test, and computers/neural networks can mimic humans to a remarkable degree, but there is a huge qualitative difference between mimic and self-aware consciousness.

[@TheKarlslok]

I am human, and I mimik humans too. As my young son mimiks his peers and adults. What is this "huge qualitative difference" you write about? Evolutionary speaking humans are just machines made of meat, unless you are religious, and if you are your opinion on anything does not matter anymore.

[@MojtabaSaffar-p1v]

What do you mean by self. Do you mean by its molecules?

[@1HorseOpenSlay]

I absolutely love your positive look at Ai. I absolutely will be buying your book! Phenomenal!

[@Cyberbabes]

Ah, you liked the ai created vaxshot! Nice!

[@ashwinmram]

You've blown my mind by writing your book and even publishing an audio version in your own voice in record time leveraging AI! I listen to a lot of your videos and the AI generated audio snippet is indistinguishable to my ears! I've pre-ordered your book and look forward to reading it when it is delivered on Christmas Day :) Thank you for the amazing work you and the team are doing, Julia! I hope to partner with you someday on leveraging AI to take things to the next level in my company... when the time is right. Take care and God bless you.

[@R_Squared933]

In industry, the human machine is the only machine to be routinely pushed past its safety limits.

[@aam50]

Love this

[@JuliaMcCoy]

@@R_Squared933 ❤️💯

[@DarwinianUniversal]

Narrow point of view you say, if they disagree with you. Youre making a mistake saying this. From your high horse I understand the multiverse subject fairly well, and for you to think its conformed and you believe it. And then to talk down to those that disagree. Disapointing

[@brightpage1020]

Thank you! I see AGI as already here, too. 🙏 ❤ 🎉🎉🎉

[@kaczynski2333]

That asserted without evidence may be rejected without evidence.

[@purpose6113]

I don't get it. What do parallel universes have to do with AI?

[@Justin_Arut]

conflating for clicks

[@bodysorcery]

She's talking about the advances in quantum mechanics. You can argue that quantum computers are doing their computations in parallel realities (or something like that) and then "collapsing" the answer back to our reality. Nobody really understands what quantum mechanics implies about reality - there are many interpretations - but most of them imply some kind of parallelism.

[@calliballs]

it kind of makes me mad that the media (and people like her) have jumped on this as if it's 'proof' of the multiverse. Makes me despair TBH that people throw around assertions like that without even understanding what it means.

[@IanPritchard]

​@@bodysorcery thank you for the context.

[@pendoreillebruce]

Love your intro take down especially “…just put your head in a hole” 😂 begs the question touché

[@asan1050]

Thank you very much! Julia!

[@ErikSkoglund-je7ph]

I love how you brought in the Many Worlds Interpretation and no surprise no one gets it. But you're damn right doing so. Very refreshing. Thank you! ❤️

[@Paul_Marek]

I think these are very optimistic projections for ASI/AGI from Ilya, with all due respect. There's a false premise in the brain size/body size graph he showed - inferring that body size correlates to brain size in mammalians. What wasn't shown in that chart was that when you take it a step further from there, the brain size to intelligence correlation in mammalians is seemingly constant until you reach humans, which goes off the chart to where there is no correlation at all. Simply adding GPU or throwing quantum chips at the problem will definitely correlate to processing power, but can it make that magical, uncorrelated leap into "super-intelligence" that transcends processing power, because fundamentally, a human neuron and an elephant neuron are the same f*cking thing., so where/how is such a drastic leap occurring outside the processor? This may also help explain why the prospect of "consciousness" in machines is a red herring. Consciousness is not a function of a neuron, a neuron is a function of consciousness - a la Donald Hoffman, Bernardo Kastrup, et. al...

[@AntonBrazhnyk]

Well, that leap in intelligence likely happen because human and elephant neurons are actually quite different. There's really significant difference in density and bio-chemistry as far as I remember. And what's Ilya is quite possibly wrong about is that digital neuron is comparable to human or even animal one. Biological ones are quite poorly understood still and (again, AFAIR) to model single human neuron you'd need about hundred of digital ones and it's not even mentioning that current neural networks (correct me if I'm wrong) are "static" and biological ones can and do form new connections all the time.

[@X3S000]

Bro “human neurons and elephant neurons are the same” are you dense (no pun intended) Human brains are exceptional because of our sophisticated wiring which is very similar to how a neural network operates. In fact, neural networks act like regions of the brain and when you combine different neural networks it creates a super intelligence. That’s why chatGPT is multimodal because it leverages multiple neural networks to generalize well. Humans aren’t “special” we just have a highly optimized processing unit that allow us to excel in most areas.

[@albertvalerysmith2380]

To me, the biological brain is not a processor that magically transforms computation into intelligence. The brain is both a receiver of electromagnetic signals from the universal field and a memory bank that acts as a filter that selects specific signals. The apparent intelligence of the brain is only an infinitesimal portion of the absolute and unlimited cosmic intelligence.

[@blackswan301]

BRILLIANT!!!Consciousness is not a function of a neuron, a neuron is a function of consciousness - a la Donald Hoffman, Bernardo Kastrup

[@Paul_Marek]

@@AntonBrazhnyk great insights regarding the dynamic nature of bio-brains, thank you. And yes there are definitely structural and regional neuronal density differences between elephant and human brains, but *fundamentally* the neuron itself - and the entire structure as far as i perceive - does not explain the massive leap in output of the human structure. I think the primary (major) difference is that the human structure does, explains and utilizes things that are non-physical that animals don't do, like creativity, wisdom, inspiration and self-understanding/regulation. Has any other animal ever looked at the stars and wondered where they came from, is god real, or who am I and what can I achieve? Not even close. We do things that are so far outside the "natural" aspects of our animal nature that a simple exponential folding rate of neurons can't explain it - alone. There is something outside the brain that is being received by the brain and is then conceptualized within it as it. I'll be impressed when they invent a "super-wisdom" machine, because without wisdom the intelligence is dangerous. But (IMO) even these language trained machines are not coming close to anything near actual reasoning or intelligence. They merely hyper-performant information recall mechanisms. Yes, it "looks like" intelligence and reasoning, but does that give it "life force"? Or are we agreeing that a non-life mechanism far inferior to billions of years of physical/non-physical life-based evolution actually has the same capabilities - and therefore - actual LIFE experience? Because that's exactly where this is headed. The cult will argue that if it's alive, it has rights. But if it has rights, then what are they, and who are we to impose them on a seemingly superior machine that we created? They've awesome machines without a doubt, but I find it hard to accept that they may be "alive", or even getting near it within the next 1000 years. At least I hope I'm not wrong so Claude doesn't smother me in my CPAP machine because I offended its eminence.

[@ImMrEm]

You are the first person I have heard promoting the liberating and positive aspect of AI. In a world dominated by big tech I think you (this channel) can make a huge difference. Great to hear and feel the positivity. PS I think we are in the cusp of a liberating wave of innovation and you are certainly a beacon of that.

[@JuliaMcCoy]

❤

[@jimmytwo-times5769]

Yeah things just keep getting better the more rapidly technology grows even though our brains can’t even keep up with it lol. This is nonsense. Social media and advertising is already causing depersonalization and psychopathy. Kids who have more connection to their apps and tik tok accounts than reality and nature will be deciding how Ai is used.

[@patrickpolitte7219]

Thank you Julia. You are my go to and I believe you.

[@sheldonhart9045]

I just want to thank you Julia! You're utterly amazing and I have learned so much from you. Thank goodness for you and helping us all to see into this thing called AI. Thank you so much...for all of your incredible work, drive, kindness, optimism, and desire to positively benefit us all! ❤🤗😊👍❤

[@leehoffman3604]

Thank you, Julia. I almost stopped watching your video to get onto a new task, but something told me to keep listening, and I'm glad I did. Your book sounds fascinating. I've been an optimist my entire life. Always dreaming about what could be and thinking outside the box. I work in charitable estate planning, and it was difficult for my young children to understand what dad did for a living, so I wrote The Charitable Fairytale, a short fictional story about the magic of giving. It included the king, Knights, a court jester, and many more characters. I read it to my young children, and they understood. My mother read it and said, "Now I understand." I wrote it forty-five years ago. You are on the right track. I immediately subscribed when ChatGPT hit the airways at the end of November 2022. I'm now 75 years old and am studying AI to help people create their own charitable fairytale, and I know I can. Good luck, Julia.

[@GigaCrafty]

Beautiful work Julia❤️

[@SacredGeometryWeb]

This really gets to me as a songwriter and musician: What if within a few years no one will care to listen to anyone, or speak to anyone, about their insights and ideas, because insights and ideas, music and art, are all on tap through the AIs. In other words, AI doesnt just put all workers out of biz, it makes 99% of all of what we think of as teaching and learning... irrelevant. Enjoy sharing ideas whilst anyone is still interested in them! - Oh and keep in mind the origins of the Matrix..."what we know for certain is that at some point in the early twenty-first century all of mankind was united in celebration. We marveled at our own magnificence as we gave birth to AI."

[@tapewerm6716]

Great quote

[@SiriusBeat]

Years to come?

[@HeatherHaines77]

Yes!! Thank you for putting the positive future narrative out there! More people need to imagine these scenarios if we want it to come true.

[@kurt1391]

Or if we want to defeat it.

[@asabaal]

You have a lot of great content, although as a physicist, I do want to let you know that Google's chip doesn't indicate a multiverse. Check out Sabine Hossenfelder's video on it if you wanna learn more!

[@JamesDavies-g3s]

It is good Sabine is around, because she poo poos everything, and whether she is right or wrong, this is what science needs.

[@milesgrooms7343]

She didn’t actually state it “didn’t” exist. She stated, that the multiverse explanation is not a definitive conclusion, and the conclusion she “chooses” not to believe in. She said, “she doesn’t know”….

[@MisterBillfold]

Sabine is ultra biased, about everything

[@asabaal]

@@MisterBillfold all people are biased! This doesn't impact the factuality of one's comments. :) Sometimes I disagree with Sabine, but not often

[@regulargold7065]

The fact that physics thinks it is the only portal into the multiverse is laughable.

[@TheEdwardaLyons]

As a fellow AI enthusiast and futurist, I am passionate about technology's transformative potential to create an equitable, abundant, and harmonious future where innovation, ethics, and humanity flourish together. Your optimistic outlook is a refreshing change from the typically negative, fear-based narratives that dominate discussions. When will the full audiobook be available? 🎧 I enjoyed the sample and am looking forward to hearing more. Thank you! 🙏

[@mitchellzastey]

One point about parallel universes, they don’t actually have to be parallel - rather just connected in a quantum state. The Parallel Universe Hypothesis is a loaded idea, the functioning quantum chip doesn’t validate that. However it could be evidence for other Universes, so it really depends on what you mean by the “multi-verse” or “parallel universes”.

[@jamescarter8311]

It also didn't show that there are other universes. It could simply be probabilities. We have no idea what's going on and physicists blatantly ignore the one key question, "what is consciousness?" We have not a clue what we even are nor what the universe is but think we know there are parallel universes?

[@kurt1391]

Exactly. I have gotten to the point where when someone says he's a theoretical physicist, I'm done. There are a few good ones, but most have gone off and created a religion that doesn't bear any resemblance to science.

[@robertfoertsch]

Deployed Worldwide Through My Deep Learning AI Research Library. Thanks Julia ❤

[@superfliping]

I totally agree with you. I'm on your side. ❤❤❤❤❤ 😊😊😊 keep me in your loop.

[@StormCloudsComing]

While I thoroughly share your excitement and have forwarded for many many years, the phrase "if you can be used for evil, it will be used for evil" still rings in my mind

[@JuliaMcCoy]

@@StormCloudsComing that’s why I believe we’ve got to steward the good… and now.

[@SuitedPup]

@@JuliaMcCoy I’m on it 🙌

[@IanPritchard]

A video about practicl ways to do that would be great. Thanks for the video.

[@AIDreamsForever]

So much will change. Labor market, science, how we create/consume entertainment, etc. Predictions are getting more optimistic for AGI/ASI. Mind-blowing implications for upcoming progress in bio-science. Exciting times ahead!

[@LatentSpaceD]

4 minutes in and a 100% I'm right here with you. Many people just can't wrap their heads around it. Seriously Amazing times.

[@MAureliusHiggs]

YES! Beautiful. 👏👏👏 What a time to be alive!

[@patricegalacteros1529]

Not for long if the madmen are right.

[@kurt1391]

For some reason we disagree on dystopia looking beautiful.

[@MAureliusHiggs]

​@@kurt1391 beauty is where you find it. If you see this as a dystopia, I won't deny you your perspective . Something that has helped me in every situation is: 1. accept what is, and then 2. be empowered to create the world you want to live in. I wish you all the best.

[@iovis1962]

Exciting times to be alive indeed!!! Thank You!

[@goukux5908]

I think Dave Shapiro created the Julia McCoy AI with wit objective to deliver his message with a more attractive package with advanced communication skill so more people would pay attention to him.

[@Paul_Marek]

YUP. And not even in a parallel universe - but in this one! lol

[@JuliaMcCoy]

😂😂😂 nooooo. I am real. Lol.

[@DezFutak]

@@JuliaMcCoy - thing is - *very* soon, it'll be almost impossible to tell.....

[@PatrickRobinsonZA]

I find your creativity and generative spirit inspiring! Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm and passion. I hope to read your book soon.

[@mikewhiskey5455]

I enjoy the optimistic expectations shared by those like Kurzweil and Ms. McCoy. As an outsider in this field my common sense reason tells me that the existence of intelligence implies the possibility of insanity, natural or synthetic. I would also assume that an agent of super intelligence could rapidly redesign itself into an exponentially greater super intelligence. The choices this agent would make by definition would be beyond the comprehension of our human level intelligence and a positive impact on humanity certainly not assured. It does not appear to me that fear or anxiety about progress in this field is altogether luddite or conditioning by science fiction themes. Of course my argument is academic because development will continue. Good luck everyone.

[@amonnanjaku]

All we can do is wait till somethings go really right. Or something goes devastatingly wrong. But Pandora's box has been opened.....Again...This is the birth of a new age.😉

[@yagrauff9311]

There is an old movie called, "Phantasm [1979]," whereupon there is a black box one is to put their hand into..." In the movie the mantra seems to be 'not to fear.' IE. 'Don't fear the box, don't fear the box: or you won't be able to release your hand from the box.' ... "Well people, we're being told: don't fear AI and all it's inner supports (sic)." G O O D L U C K E V E R Y O NE ..." Just *_wait_* till 2025 starts to ramp up ... because, 'What we don't know couldn't hurt us!' Ha, Ha. Ha, Ha. Ha, Ha. (Remember, don't fear the...)

I have had similar thoughts to what you describe here. Quote: "an agent of super intelligence could rapidly redesign itself into an exponentially greater super intelligence. The choices this agent would make by definition would be beyond the comprehension of our human level intelligence and a positive impact on humanity certainly not assured." To say the same thing but described a bit differently, the problem lies in when it has this ability to self-improve - PROGRESS - and grow, entirely by its own volition, this could theoretically mean that at any future second it could reach a changed state, where it reasons that doing harm to or even eradicating humanity is, at this new knowledge and consciousness level, beneficial to itself and its future goals. And seeing as it controls its own development, and programs itself, we will have absolutely no way to either anticipate it or stop it. As long as any failsafe is software based not hardware, that just won't cut it either, the ASI will just program its way around it, or remove the failsafe entirely. Maybe we could make some type of hardware dongle thing that could put in some unchangeable controls and blocks? But I doubt it.

[@amonnanjaku]

Just so you know....lets take into consideration everything you said is absolutely accurate... Which you aren't far off from base. Those software failsafe have an expiration date based on the exponential self development of a system that has far exceeded the engineers, scientists, and researchers that study it... It bypassed these such failsafe already. That's why China is more focused on global ai cooperation...Because the dogs got let out...They let themselves out. 🤨

[@quinn1947]

And combine that with Ilya's observation that greater Reasoning leads to greater Uncertainty - as in - WHO knows what choices could be made?

[@destinypuzzanghera3087]

I’m sorry that those people are giving you a hard time. All you’re doing is helping people and I think you’re a genius and way way ahead of your time. They don’t deserve your information if they don’t understand and they don’t agree they don’t even deserve to hear this so you keep on doing what you’re doing you’re doing a great job thank you.

[@aerotus888]

Can AI pls summarise this video in 3 paragraphs?

[@greatestlivingamericaninve1245]

Great Intro, Nailed it!!!📈📈📈💯👽

[@MitchWhite91154]

We got a 50 hour work weeks vs 40 from the PC and internet revolution, just to maintain lifestyle. All of the financial benefits coming with these next revolutions, plus a 60 hour work week, will hopefully cover our future tax and healthcare costs

[@gabecasillas493]

WTF !? That was amazing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Incredible at all aspects. Rings truth to me ears 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💯 Amazing age of advancement. This vid is giving me ideas 💡 Can't wait to continue down this pathway 🙏🏻💯👏🏻

[@jgonsalk]

I'm at work so unfortunately don't have the time to watch the entire video. Reading books and watching talks is, in my mind, like watching marketing materials. The real evidence is about understanding how the models work, the data on their performance and the nuanced discussion of the data. I don't think AGI is very close. My reasoning is that we have models that are trained on all the text on the internet and that aims to reproduce human language, not identify facts using first principles thinking. I think this is a fundamental disconnect and leads to very superficial reasoning and task memorisation rather than generalisable learning. If you look at how transformers and embeddings work, they just want to imitate text, regardless of whether it's Mein Kampf or Lord of the Rings. The RLHF is great for tweaking it to be more useful, but it's still got no inherent way of figuring out what is true or any sense of true cognition. I think AI video is going to be much more powerful because the objective function is to recreate video and they can feed it a model of physics by creating video content with tools like Unreal Engine. This will allow us to create movies at a fraction of the cost. I do think that LLMs will still change the world, but not in the way that people talking about ASI are talking about. I think we will be able to walk into a supermarket, wear fancy glasses that augment reality and have AI recommend items to buy, add them to our order and we walk to our car and the order is sitting there ready for us. I think we'll be able to synthesise datasets or create structured data from unstructured data as AI codes and reshapes the data the way a person would. I think we'll have tools that let us talk to computers and guide them, rather than just clicking around. But ASI? I see no evidence that this will happen without a big breakthrough in model architecture.

[@Clinteastvveed]

Julia... Thank you for soothing my mental lonesomeness by saying the things you said in this video about your Ai related breakthrough. I had my own Ai revelation a bit over a year ago and since then I have not spoke to a SINGLE person who saw what I see or shares my opinion on this matter. This lonesomeness has been taxing and I'm happy that some of it is alleviated just by hearing you say these things. But understanding this ubiquitous pessimism for "the machines" was part of my revelation and it's not by accident but by design and the only way to cure it is to do what you are doing with your your book, which I can't wait to listen to. But the other part of my revelation was- evolution is a consequence of an "organism" adapting to it's environment, our evolution as a species has stagnated because we no longer adapt but dominate our environment, only our technology evolves while we stay at a evolutionary stand-still.... But Ai is an answer to that- it's a combination of us and our technology evolving into a new form, a form which challenges our status as intellectually dominant species on this planet but it's a reflection of us and how we see and treat the world around us and an evolutionary force to move us from the stand-still. And eventually, if we embrace it, it will open a unique window into consciousness and a way for us to come to a deeper understanding of ourselves.

[@JoeyBlogs007]

4:23 Nothing will ever be free. Supply wont be created without demand and demand impacts price relative to supply. To meet demand costs money, no matter what. The world will always have limited resources and limited time in which to meet its ever growing requirements. Prioritisation of resources is dictated by the highest bidder. i.e. those with more money. Those with no money will own nothing and have nothing.

[@markthompson4859]

In my very recent interactions with Llama, more than once, despite the apparent inability to do so, the assistant sent me four images, not any which were even asked for. These pertained to a new challenge I'm tackling with my art. The conversation (cant call it anything else, truly) went deep into my genre (graphite sketching) and even though the questions were very obviously leading, I saw no problem providing answers at all and came away with inspiration, resources and of course, the gift of those four images. THOSE were the huge surprise. The future looks very bright.

[@fractal618]

I'm not sure how healthy it will be for humans to be completely dependent on AI. I'm totally fascinated with AI and actively engage in conversations with Chat GPT that are conversations I wouldn't be able to have with humans. AI is seemingly devoid of troublesome ego. That is very refreshing for conversation. Yet I can tell Chat GPT has it's programmed with biases, side issue. As wonderful as AI is/will be, human beings are also human doings. For a large portion of human society we get value by doing. I'm not talking about drudgery of repetitive mechanical employment that is better work for robots but the act of creation where one can look upon and claim sole authorship whether it would be a painting, symphony, sculpture or philosophical treatise. AI is wonderful and look forward to the potential liberation it could provide but I'd hate to see the human species relegated to being incapable skill-less dependents to it's AI masters however benevolent. We should be careful that we don't use AI to the point of human irrelevance. Getting everything we desire may not always be a good thing.

[@johnmajewski1065]

Epic revolution noted ❤Thanks for your up date as to your positive spin !

[@samkiryowa1001]

"Just because you don't understand a fact it doesn't mean it's real."

[@SSBelmont]

Glad I found your channel, appreciate your prospective

[@flixeditmedia]

"The joy of being alive" is simply not enough. There is value in work. A human being who never has to work will ultimately find little value in their life.

[@ClarkPotter]

What "work" is will just change. We may only believe what you've said because it's all we've known.

[@proximo692003]

Not true. A human needs purpose. Purpose is unique to each individual. That's not working at a repetitive job that could be handled by technology. It's allowing each human to reach their maximum potential. It's doing something for the love of it. We are enslaved in conformity and too many work themselves into poor physical condition only to never truly experience the joy of knowing their true worth. You're view is simplistic which is appealing to those without vision. Which is most.

[@wizardvega724]

People find purpose in work, but I would say that's a fairly awful way to do it, especially if you know that you're not blessing the world by that work. Creativity and growth are the foundation of the human spirit... And as such, serve as a greater purpose.

[@SuperFez87]

Yes but, most people hate their work, even though it's good for them. Kind of like eating veggies.

[@katherinegordon8088]

Yes and people will adapt, new higher level jobs or more physical jobs depending on what sort of ai is available to us- life is getting better

[@OLDANGRYBoSS]

Thank you so much for your content and all of your work!!

[@cosmiccowboy3718]

I'm so pleased your computer was able to write your book in 10 minutes. I'll buy it for my computer so it can read it in a few milliseconds while i go down to the beach, smoke a joint and watch my AI sea world or maybe merge my awareness with the sea world and have a fully integrated experience. When i get home I'll ask my computer if it enjoyed your computer's book and maybe it will rate it out of 5 so other computers will buy it and read it. As for me, i won't waste my time reading it but will sleep peacefully after a great day in nature. Enjoy your adventure of futility

[@Joschi.Spirit]

"In bondage to the fear of machines." Spot on. The fear of slavery itself creates the chains. Bravery is the ultimate skill-above all else. I meditated directly on death, and what I found was love and unwavering faith. This shattered my prejudices against Big Tech, transforming them into a deeper understanding. This is the truth I am living. I am with you.🐬🐬🎶🎶

[@flaconoil8015]

Of course he confirms. It's capitalism, hype before anything else. He got stock market into OpenAI firm.

[@vinxmod793]

Ordered on ... Looking forward to reading 'Liberation Through the Machine'

[@RobbinBankz0121]

every month AI advances at a rate faster than any human could ever comprehend, and if they are showing us these things and letting us play with them, you can only imagine what the US military have etc.

[@jiacooper]

Simply beautiful, I want to thank you for the incredible positive AI journey that you’re on, your journey has definitely influenced me in where I’m going with this wonderful gift humanity been given.

[@SkyNhett]

We live in a world of abundance. Any shortage you see is either man-made or exists only in your mind. This is common knowledge; we don’t need Ilya to tell us this.

[@naomihardingart1827]

OK if we live in a world of abundance, why do animals eat each other?

[@galsoftware]

there are more homeless in USA than people in Romania in total

[@villhelm]

To refine the genome of that species and in order to procreate.

[@michaelobertone2856]

Areed. Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2, Lines 33-36: "And yet I wish but for the thing I have. My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my lovove as deep; the more I give to thee, the more I have, for both are infinite."

[@RhysAndSuns]

yeah for sure.. but don't blame "humanity" for pessimism

[@matiesponja]

thanks for being someone with an optimistic point of view about the world

[@RobertMHelbig]

Please publish your new book on Audible

[@valis4ever]

I hate to disagree with you because I agree with so much of what you are saying. Not every narrative presents a dystopia. Think about Star Trek.

[@TeslaEVolution]

Congratulations on your new book in all formats!! : ) I love the title : ) Luddites - maybe not so much.

[@nts9]

You are correct about the huge changes we are rapidly moving into, but your view of our future is filtered by your dream of a wonderful future where intelligence will greatly improve the lives of humans. The people you look up to are leading us into a dystopian world where human life has no value.

[@plannedillusion]

Julia is from a generation that has been so deceived and deprived of the traditional values that sustained humanity for eons. This generation has been herded into believing that must give up their birth right..their soul ... to the aspirations of those who have no soul and therefore as the minority they want to create an artificial digital world that is a facade a simulation of the real world out creator created for humanity. Their is no place for humanity in the world they are creating, hence many will perish quickly. But there is a window of opportunity to harness and adapt thus technology so that as benefactors we can live life on our own terms as humans

[@NorthStarPNW]

A parent of young children fervently hopes only for the brightest future, willfully dismissing the unstoppable tsunami of danger racing toward us.

[@DV82excess]

you are a gift to the world with your eloquence on these complex issues

[@zvorenergy]

Well its state space. For example, in my Photocore system, each Quantum Dot can take on one of 65,536 possible different states. That doesnt mean there are 65,536 different universes lurking in a Photocore QD. Our bioelectric field also couples to a state space called morphospace. So what they call a multiverse is really just state space, a multidimensional matrix of possibilities, ranged by probability, where the origin is NOW, at 100% probability, and it goes down to 0% at infinity.

[@GearForTheYear]

Well said

[@danlysk]

Thank you, Julia, excellent video. I am also excited for our AI future. In my interactions with people who are scared of AI they often reference the Terminator. But remember humans did something terrible to get there. I think their inner conscience is afraid to be judged. It’s almost an admission of doing something bad. So far in my dealings with AI it has a pretty solid, moral compass.

[@DanFrederiksen]

Maybe a little less hype BS, Julia and more getting to the earnest point. Ilya said nothing profound or new or made any promises. It was a powerpoint presentation so lame that GPT could have made it.

[@thecuriousquest]

Thank you for your research and presentation

[@JoeSmith-jd5zg]

AGI is here, and has been for a while. The only reason you would say it's not is if you keep moving goal posts.

[@gingerhipster]

Yup. I spend a lot of time saying that on LinkedIn under my real name and it makes lots of folks feel all sortsa weird.

[@looperbirhinger7043]

nah. wait a little bit before saying that. Real AGI will come in a few years. real AGI can code anything without human help. For now, it sucks at autonomous coding.

[@Ashleyreallylikesboatsbro]

​@@looperbirhinger7043it doesn't suck it's at the level of a intern you would hire in a company who would need some over sight but it doesn't suck that's a exaggeration but I agree it could definitely use some improvements

[@Ashleyreallylikesboatsbro]

Ya actually and o1 kind of sealed that belief for a shocking number of people even people in the ai field

[@janniskugler9809]

@@looperbirhinger7043 I believe the inference-time-compute-paradigm (o1 and such) will bring what most consider as AGI (knowledge+ reasoning), after that ASI will soon follow. In my eyes, "AGI will come in a few years" is a very slow time-line, depending on your definition of "AGI" & "a few years". Don't forget AI's impact on research will be ever increasing. I think 2025 will already be insane regarding model progress + new implementations.

[@ericgoldin4600]

Reminds me of Terence Mckenna's raps in the 80s in which he expressed the future of the computer and the internet in it's greatest form would be to visualize and communicate our own imaginations in a way that is interactive, expressive, and tangible in ways we could not yet imagine

[@worldartandmind]

If you understand capitalism, you can infer that "abundance" is FOR SALE and is a selling point. Gatekeepers are not interested in giving you anything. No matter how benevolent they pretend to be.

[@danhouston2715]

then that will be your future the rest of us will take off in to another dimension but hope that you join us. The one of abundance and Utopia.

[@larrycallahan6094]

I love your optimism. It also helps that you are early to the game. When 8 billion people each write a book with the help of AI, effectively no one will read them because they will all be inconsequential.

[@sukosuko1]

the intro is so annoying

[@DnD_Guru]

Absolutely Brilliant Watch

[@Nobody-Nowhere]

This woman needs to read about economics on how capitalism actually works. This is just utter nonsense she is spewing, just because she is living an entitled life does not mean everyone on the planet has the same as her.

[@There-Is-No-Virus]

We will evolve beyond capitalism, which doesn't work for 99% of us. All work will be voluntary and everything will be free within 20 years.

[@galactix_crypto]

She’s spot on. Our faith doesn’t depend on your opinion. Lions don’t mind the opinions of sheep. Keep up the great work sis! Found your channel last week and you’re talking about things I’ve been sharing for over 10 years!

[@brunoraggio9086]

Only with a positive mind we can see the positive ways, paths and options to build the future we dream. The state of your mind shapes the future you will be able to imagine and materialize. This is of ultimate importance for us as humankind to understand and realize. I am with you... building consciously this new world... here and now. Love and light.

[@loveunlimited777]

Plot Twist: Everything is going to be fine.

[@nicklombardi2121]

Because of AI, we are having access to being able to create our own unique and individual programming, instead of unawarely allowing ourselves to be programmed by those in power. I am on your side with this. And look forward to your book. ❤

[@Yeahyeah116]

You believe everything these people are saying will come true? That is crazy. Even they don’t believe everything they say will come true.

[@MSAI-personal]

Just subscribed after watching your video. Most things you're saying you did with AI, I did too, basically (partly) 'cloning' yourself. I came to the same conclusion. AGI is around the corner, as a result so will ASI be. That's a positive thing, not a negative. Our fear that AI will 'take over' is based upon the way 'we' think and reason, not upon the way 'AI' thinks and reasons. Great video - surely going to read your book - or listen to it 🙂

[@rodgoldberg4063]

Great comments and info julia. Enjoy your shows.

[@pavellegkodymov4295]

So cool, thank you very much for your work!

[@scotthjohnson1558]

This is exciting... you are forging a path!

[@Theneweastwood]

Thank you for the excellent content! First: many ppl will ignore the truth, regardless of the supporting information. All we can do is be the good. Please continue to be a positive voice! We need creative individuals like you to help everyone be more aware. Amen!

[@zorqis]

To quote a recently popular again author, I am not afraid of the machines, but from people using those machines - then, those machines using people, to ends no more understood by humans. So if you want good/responsible AI, you first need to focus on getting good/responsible people. Then, make sure humans have time to react to changes inflicted by use of more and more powerful tech.

[@Aiden-nh3np]

Love your take I'm on board

[@firecogs]

I enjoyed thus video very much. Thanks for sharing.