Podcast Club ONLINE: Will AI Make Humans Obsolete?

About this event

This week's discussion will be on the topic of Artificial Intelligence, both pro and con positions of the 'probability of doom' or P(doom) with 2 podcast episodes. #1 The Good Fight podcast: Jerry Kaplan on Why AI Won’t Kill Us All. Yascha Mounk and Jerry Kaplan debate whether the existential risk from AI is overstated—and if so, what we should be worrying about instead. Jerry Kaplan is an artificial intelligence expert, serial entrepreneur, technical innovator, educator, and author. He is currently an adjunct lecturer at Stanford University. #2 Robert Wright's Nonzero podcast: Garrison Lovely on Will AI Make Humans Obsolete. Robert Wright and Garrison Lovely discuss the 'job-pocalypse', bio threats, and alignment. Garrison Lovely is a freelance journalist based in Brooklyn. Lovely is known for his cover stories in The Nation ("Confessions of a McKinsey Whistleblower") and Jacobin ("Can Humanity Survive AI?"). PLEASE NOTE: We require that attendees listen to the podcast episodes below before attending the meeting to optimize discussion. You can find this week's podcast episodes at Why AI Won't Kill Us All (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jerry-kaplan-on-why-ai-wont-kill-us-all/id1198765424?i=1000790660775) on Apple Podcasts (1hr. 6 min.) Will AI Make Humans Obsolete (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/will-ai-make-humans-obsolete-robert-wright-garrison-lovely/id505824847?i=1000793537333) on Apple Podcasts (1 hr. 2 min.) What's a podcast club? It's like a book club for podcasts. Each week we discuss an interesting and currently-relevant episode from podcasters like Ezra Klein, Michael Shermer, or Russ Roberts. We start off as a large group and spend most of the time talking in small break-out groups, which we remix 3 times during the course of the evening. Our conversations are casual and open. We ask that everyone speak respectfully at all times, and we encourage free and concise discussion relevant to the week's podcast topic. To do this, we try to adhere to Grice's Maxims: https://bit.ly/2p4uSQm Ultimately, the idea is to help each other think a little differently, learn a thing or two and have some fun.