Should we shut down AI? | Critic Eliezer Yudkowsky goes head to head with AI researcher Joscha Bach

Should we see AI as opening up an era of ground-breaking innovation, or does it foreshadow the loss of vital human attributes and independence?


AI safety researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky battles cognitive scientist Joscha Bach in this excerpt pulled from our recent debate, 'AI and the end of humanity'. This debate took place during July's IAI Live - our monthly online event hosting the world's biggest speakers as they confront the most pressing topics. The next IAI Live is on Monday the 5th of August. Get your tickets now! https://iai.tv/live?utm_source=YouTub...

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From sophisticated robots to the development of new drugs, artificial Intelligence is shaping our future in many sectors. Once we thought the creation of original text and forms of art were the select preserve of human beings. But the exponential development of AI is challenging these assumptions. An increasing number claim that AI threatens the very idea of what it is to be human. A recent survey of more than 900 technology pioneers and policy leaders predicted AI would threaten human autonomy and agency, with over a third saying we would be worse off in the future. Confirmed, they argue, by Musk's proposal that we should link our brains directly to machines.

Does AI fundamentally challenge what it means to be human? Or is all the talk of its radical importance a sign that we have been taken in by the marketing hype of an enormously profitable industry, and humans not only remain very much in control but will continue to do so?

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Eliezer Yudkowsky is a leading AI safety researcher, renowned for popularizing the concept of friendly AI.

Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist who is pushing the limits of what we can achieve with Artificial Intelligence.

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