Artificial general intelligence (AGI) could be humanity’s greatest invention ... or our biggest risk.
In this episode of TechFirst, I talk with Dr. Ben Goertzel, CEO and founder of SingularityNET, about the future of AGI, the possibility of superintelligence, and what happens when machines think beyond human programming.
We cover:
• Is AGI inevitable? How soon will it arrive?
• Will AGI kill us … or save us?
• Why decentralization and blockchain could make AGI safer
• How large language models (LLMs) fit into the path toward AGI
• The risks of an AGI arms race between the U.S. and China
• Why Ben Goertzel created Meta, a new AGI programming language
📌 Topics include AI safety, decentralized AI, blockchain for AI, LLMs, reasoning engines, superintelligence timelines, and the role of governments and corporations in shaping the future of AI.
⏱️ Chapters
00:00 – Intro: Will AGI kill us or save us?
01:02 – Ben Goertzel in Istanbul & the Beneficial AGI Conference
02:47 – Is AGI inevitable?
05:08 – Defining AGI: generalization beyond programming
07:15 – Emotions, agency, and artificial minds
08:47 – The AGI arms race: US vs. China vs. decentralization
13:09 – Risks of narrow or bounded AGI
15:27 – Decentralization and open-source as safeguards
18:21 – Can LLMs become AGI?
20:18 – Using LLMs as reasoning guides
21:55 – Hybrid models: LLMs plus reasoning engines
23:22 – Hallucination: humans vs. machines
25:26 – How LLMs accelerate AI research
26:55 – How close are we to AGI?
28:18 – Why Goertzel built a new AGI language (Meta)
29:43 – Meta: from AI coding to smart contracts
30:06 – Closing thoughts
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