TA Playlist Episode 8 - The Turing Test - a podcast by TrueAchievements Ltd
from 2017-12-07T09:51:33
his past month was massive according to the stats page in the TA Playlist Hub. Of course, many of those being tracked on site were just playing the latest Games with Gold freebie, but judging by our excellent month of community forum chatter, it's safe to call The Turing Test a riveting choice for the event. Join Kevin, Sam, and Mark (I'm never sure if I should write in third person here) as they wrap up another engaging month with the TA Playlist faithful.
In this episode, we discuss the game's moral dilemma, weigh its merits as an artificial intelligence thinkpiece and argue whether this machine does or does not have a soul. With great commentary from the community, it's obvious by the end that Turing is nothing if not thought-provoking.
As the topic of AI is a very special hobby horse of mine personally, I wanted to also call your attention to some extracurricular media on the topic. Artificial intelligence, if it were to ever reach superintelligent levels (far outpacing human capacity) would change the world forever, and not necessarily in a good way. There are a lot of think tanks and scientists working to resolve this issue before it can really become one because by then it may be too late.
The subject isn't entirely pessimistic though, as some, like Ray Kurzweil, believe AI will usher in a new dawn of human progress. Below you can find a few crucial pieces of media if you're interested to learn more. TA Playlist is a conversation above all else. This month was immensely rewarding to have this conversation with all of you who participated. Let's keep the conversation going.
- WaitButWhy.com's brilliant two-part introductory blog post on why AI is perhaps the single most important problem facing our species
- Neuroscientist Sam Harris' Ted Talk on the value-alignment problem
- Sam Harris and computer scientist Stuart Russell (mentioned in the podcast) discuss the problems surrounding unchecked AI research
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