Why are smart people warning us about artificial intelligence? As machines grow smarter and able to improve themselves, we run the risk of them developing beyond our control. But AI is just one of the existential risks emerging in our future.
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Bill Gates once said that he doesn't understand why some
people aren't concerned about artificial intelligence. Elon Musk once compared
AI to demons. Stephen Hawking predicted that the emergence of
a I could be the worst event in the history
of our civilization. Why are smart people warning us about machines?
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If you want to know, step into the world of
existential risks. It's a world where intelligent algorithms take over
our global infrastructure. A world where altered pathogens far deadlier
than anything in nature escape from labs. A world where
particle physics experiments accidentally disintegrate every atom in the universe.
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It is our world. Join me Stuffy should Knows Josh
Clark for the End of the World, a tempart podcast
series that explores all the reasons why humanity might not
be around much longer. The End of the World with
Josh Clark coming November seven on the I Heart Radio app,
Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or anywhere you find
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