Tag: Sam Harris
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Resources for learning about AI
A few weeks ago someone asked me to point them towards a few resources they could use to learn about AI. I got a bit carried away, coming up with a few more than a few. I thought I’d share here as well. Note: I subscribe to many more podcasts, newsletters, and RSS feeds, some…
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Podcast: The trouble with AI
https://samharris.org/episode/SE5DD11091B Sam Harris speaks with Stuart Russell and Gary Marcus about recent developments in artificial intelligence and the long-term risks of producing artificial general intelligence (AGI). They discuss the limitations of Deep Learning, the surprising power of narrow AI, ChatGPT, a possible misinformation apocalypse, the problem of instantiating human values, the business model of the…
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Podcast | The Great Derangement: A Conversation with Tim Urban
This is a great conversation between Sam Harris and Tim Urban, author of Wait But Why (one of my favourite blogs). Tim’s just published a new book, called What’s our problem, which I’m looking forward to reading. You can also read the blog post behind the book, where Tim explains what he’s been up to…