SingularityU Sydney Summit - AI or Die? Redefining Humanity in the Software Age
Speaker - Alix Rübsaam While some predict that the rise of Artificial Intelligence will mean the “end of humankind”, others see no future without algorithms and data-driven systems. What sense can we make from these predictions and warnings? This talk unpacks the ways in which current computational systems have impacted our culture and sense of self, explore software as a metaphor for our humanity, and challenge existing ideas about what it means to be human in the digital age. Superintelligence Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies is a 2014 book by the Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom from the University of Oxford. It argues that if machine brains surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could replace humans as the dominant lifeform on Earth. AI Poses an Existential Threat to Humanity The intelligence of machines will exceed that of humans Computers will breach the limits of human cognition...