Nick Bostrom - XRisk - Superintelligence, Human Enhancement & the Future of Humanity Institute

[@pablorolimm]

Great interview!! I think that Bostrom is one of the greatest philosophers alive.

[@scfu]

Indeed he is!

[@kyriecastiel7489]

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[@harleybraylon5602]

@Kyrie Castiel Instablaster =)

[@scfu]

Yes, he and David Pearce founded the World Transhumanist Association (its latest incarnation is H+, where I am a board member atm).

[@captain_trips994]

"Miracle" is a good word for the opposite of catastrophe.

[@Arghira]

I was thinking utopia

[@scfu]

Glad you enjoyed it! I have a few more FHI videos to upload too.

[@scfu]

Thanks :) Glad to hear you find the videos useful

[@Voshchronos]

Amazing interview, damn. Bostrom is just such a visionary.

[@daphneedunleavy6012]

It would be interesting to know what were the questions asked during the interview.

[@JasonEyer]

2nd that

[@scfu]

I have added the questions/talking points to the description

[@JasonEyer]

...the Man

[@felixthecat5416]

Nick question-- So wood u take that pill that helps u live for 200 then shuts ur lites out like a warm summer day? Or feel that perhaps unsullied is the best route this far down the line- Wood u augment if u were in pain or needed a limb?

[@realcygnus]

great content !

[@scfu]

+realcygnus Thanks!

[@kcnickerson]

Outstanding video!

[@scfu]

Nice word eucatastrophe, though I imagine it would be misleading unless people look up the term. BTW, Nick Bostrom's office at FHI headquarters is in Oxford, Tolkien's old stomping ground :)

[@komaki119]

adam i think you have a great job. thanks for sharing all your great videos they are my number one source of information in this field. i watch at least one a day mostly a few. thanks again.

[@scfu]

Cheers!

[@fuckoffmoogleplus626]

Great insight.

[@sekoivu]

I think that "flourishing" or "flourishment" could be a concept opposite of catastrophe.

[@supahacka]

Tank you Sir! Haven't heard anything from Nick in month ... i wish KZbin featured search agents ... searching for "Bostrom, this month" every week is getting tiresome ;-)

[@scfu]

I hope to get the chance to interview Bostrom again sometime :)

[@KaplaBen]

@lynx305 Yes it was keep calm and carry on. CGP grey made a video about that

[@p3tr0114]

@3:30 Potential future people are worth less than existing ones because there's no way to know whether or not people will exist in the future.

[@cesarrodriguez8893]

Does Prof. Brostrom know where "IT" comes from? How do we defeat "It"?

[@ES-hq5ez]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@scfu]

My pleasure - and if you like Nick Bostrom's work, read his book 'Superintelligence' - it's an involving, but rewarding read!

[@ES-hq5ez]

Funnily enough I've picked this up recently, thanks for the recommendation. :)

[@bmwill1983]

Professor Bostrom struggles with finding a word to describe a fortuitous reversal of circumstances. Tolkien coined the term "eucatastrophe", which seems like a match for what he's trying to say.

[@jorgenmac]

Tolkien proposed the word "eucatastrophe" as the opposite to catastrophy, defined as a sudden and favourable resolution of events

[@davidtraish01]

Give a human power to develop a computer that was capable of learning and one that is connected to the Internet no one co stop that computer coming to the conclusion that humans pose a higher existencial risk

[@KelvinW344]

The final solution to the "problem of the biological human" is to place the brain in vat, and then project paradise into that brain.

[@givemeyoutubebtichz]

The mental matrix holodeck ?

[@scfu]

+KelvinW344 Sounds fun - where do I sign up? I'm not sure if simulated paradise alone would cut it for me especially if it was a narrow local maximum of paradise - I would like to intellectually flourish as well - there may be mental state spaces that far exceed the paradise of which we can imagine today, and obtaining them will probably require thorough exploration beyond local exploitation based on our existing notions of paradise.

[@ManicMindTrick]

I would take the blue pill for sure. I had dreams at night at childhood up to about puberty that is as close to simulated paradise as it's possible for a human to experience. No peak experience in real life as an adult can compare to the dream world a child with great imagination can conjure up in sleep. If I could choose to live in the worlds of my childhood dreams or the real world I would choose the dream worlds in an instant. I would probably need my 6 year old brain to get the authentic experience though.

[@megavide0]

Bostrom is a genuine Protocol Droid! B-) C-3BO

[@ShalomFreedman]

There is something I as a layman do not begin to understand in relation to an AI General Intelligence takeover of all of human reality. This relates to the actual physical running of the world. As it is now this 'running' has a wide variety of centers of power, from national leaders to communal leaders to every single individual. I do not understand how a single central Intelligence can possibly 'control' everything. I too do not understand how an AI which does not have 'real body in the world' can overcome resistance to it by violent means. I just cannot create a 'picture' in my mind, or even some kind of idea described in words of how this could possibly be done. PS Since human beings are so conflicted about basic values including ultimate values from different religious systems or 'secular belief systems' I do not see how there can be universal agreement as to what values to instill in an Artificial General Intelligence. It is not enough to think to instill one value i.e. that they will not decide to eliminate that human creature who for their purposes has become obsolete.

[@43callofduty]

This is the first comment i have seen on this topic from a layman, which shows a different and/ or sceptical opinion, without being aggressive or "pejoratively" (i hope i wrote that correct in that context) to the topic. I meant no disrespect. Thank you sincerely and have a wonderful day. PS I'm sorry for my english

[@modvs1]

One can dig and shift soil with ones hands. Eventually the shovel and wheel barrow are invented; thus facilitating the task. Additionally we domesticate certain animals (mule, horse, cow, ox,…) to help with the load. At a later point the steam/petro chemical engine, hydraulics etc., are invented and the capacity to dig and shift soil is greatly leveraged by machinery. There’s obviously a natural limit to how far a (human) ability/function can be scaled up; and the extent to which we can offload ‘work’- whether mechanical or cognitive- is almost always very singular (not especially versatile). Show me a Large Hall mining truck that hauls a payload independently of human control /maintenance/involvement and maybe you’ve got a leg to stand on. Super intelligence: paths, dangers, strategies- Jesus is coming (again) everyone and you’d better be prepared!

[@scfu]

There is only so much the christian mythology can do for people - it may have provided comfort, moral support and even bonding amongst populations in the past, but it is inadequate to solve modern problems - need to expand our moral circles beyond exclusive wisdom traditions which claim their adherents are 'chosen ones'.

[@georgewbushcenterforintell147]

I think all future development into AI is fool Hardy .if I could I would make AI research and development banned world wide . If someone choose to violate this I would use every option including the war machine to stop it. AI must be stoped at all cost all development must stop now or we will go right past the point of being able to stop the AI . Thank you for reading this have a prosperous New year.

[@Rich_ard42]

Oppotunephre

[@felixthecat5416]

U wont be able to control them- No problem there