Episode 84: When Machines Become Smarter Than Humans

This podcast has spent a lot of time on AI, whether in connection with its effect on the workplace, its application in products like drones and cars, its ability to create art, or how it’s changing robotics.  But it hasn’t addressed the inevitable idea raised by all those breakthroughs, which is how humanity will reckon with machines when they’re smarter than we are.  Until now, that is.  Mark and Joe think about what artificial general intelligence and the singularity might require in the way of ultra-careful design and containment strategies. (Recorded February 2, 2024.)