How Dangerous Is The Threat Of AI To Humanity? - Geoffrey Miller - #650

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Geoffrey Miller. He's a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of New Mexico, a researcher and an author. Artificial intelligence possesses the capability to process information thousands of times faster than humans. It's opened up massive possibilities, but it's also opened up huge debate about the safety of creating a machine, which is more intelligent and powerful than we are. Just how legitimate are the concerns about the future of AI.? Expect to learn the key risks that AI poses to humanity, the three biggest existential risks that will determine the future of civilization, whether large language models can actually become conscious simply by being more powerful, whether making an artificial general intelligence will be like creating a god or a demon, the influence that AI will have on the future of our lives and much more.
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