Could AI Become Smarter Than Humans?

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential of Artificial General Intelligence and its implications for humanity with AI researcher Nick Frosst.

Many in Silicon Valley say smarter-than-humans “Artificial General Intelligence” is just around the corner. But is it really possible to create superhuman AI? And should we want to? AI researcher and Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst explains why he thinks the industry shouldn’t be focused on AGI. And he shares his take on perhaps the biggest question surrounding this technology: Could it pose an existential threat to humanity? Terms of Service is a CNN Podcasts and Goat Rodeo production. This episode was produced by Cara Shillenn. At Goat Rodeo, the lead producer is Rebecca Seidel Executive producers are Megan Nadolski and Ian Enright At CNN, Matt Martinez is our Senior Producer and Dan Dzula is our Technical Director. Production support from Sofía Sanchez and Dan Bloom. Special thanks to Ludlow House and On Air Presents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Clare Duffy

Guest: Nick Frosst

Topics covered

• Artificial General Intelligence
• AI ethics
• existential risk
• technology
• Silicon Valley

Keywords

• AI
• AGI
• superhuman AI
• existential threat
• Silicon Valley
• technology
• ethics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cohere, CNN Podcasts, Goat Rodeo, Ludlow House, On Air Presents

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