#52 - Will MacAskill - What Comes AFTER Superintelligence?

About this episode

Liv Boeree interviews philosopher Will MacAskill about the implications and preparations for a world after superintelligence.

Superintelligence is predicted to arrive within a decade. If that's true, then what comes AFTER? And how can we prepare for it?Which is why I sat down with one of the few people actively thinking about this: philosopher Will MacAskill. Will heads up Forethought, a research nonprofit focused on how to navigate the transition to a world with superintelligent AI systems. He’s also a former Oxford University professor, and a co-founder of the effective altruism movement. In this special Win-Win Live conversation, we discuss why “utopias” often fail, the growing risks of authoritarian lock-in, whether moral progress survives in a post-labor world,, and how the transition to a post-superintelligence world may be more crucial than the development AGI itself. Also, lots of chat about the sun, space and the high seas. Chapters: 00:01:10 — Intro00:04:11 — Frameworks For Thinking about The Future00:06:40 — Why We Need to Think About These Questions Now00:10:50 — Post AGI Worlds00:14:16 — Blockers of Positive Futures00:20:11 — Hedonium00:23:45 — Universal Basic Resources00:29:23 — Suffering Risks00:33:52 — Viatopia00:37:50 — Can We Understand — and Steer — Moral Fashions?00:43:06 — Can AI…

People in this episode

Host: Liv Boeree

Guest: Will MacAskill

Topics covered

• superintelligence
• AI ethics
• future of work
• moral progress
• utopias
• authoritarianism
• post-labor society

Keywords

• superintelligence
• AI
• moral progress
• utopias
• effective altruism
• future risks
• post-labor

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Forethought, Oxford University, effective altruism movement

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