Maciej Ceglowski is an entrepreneur and owner of the bookmarking site Pinboard. I’ve been a long-time fan of his sharp, independent-minded blog posts and tweets.
In this episode, I react to a great 2016 talk he gave at WebCamp Zagreb titled Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People. This talk was impressively ahead of its time, as the AI doom debate really only heated up in the last few years.
00:00 Introduction
02:13 Historical Analogies and AI Risks
05:57 The Premises of AI Doom
08:25 Mind Design Space and AI Optimization
15:58 Recursive Self-Improvement and AI
39:44 Arguments Against Superintelligence
45:20 Mental Complexity and AI Motivations
47:12 The Argument from Just Look Around You
49:27 The Argument from Life Experience
50:56 The Argument from Brain Surgery
53:57 The Argument from Childhood
58:10 The Argument from Robinson Crusoe
01:00:17 Inside vs. Outside Arguments
01:06:45 Transhuman Voodoo and Religion 2.0
01:11:24 Simulation Fever
01:18:00 AI Cosplay and Ethical Concerns
01:28:51 Concluding Thoughts and Call to Action
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