#2 Carlos Montemayor: A Humanitarian Artificial Intelligence

An episode of the AI and Technology Ethics Podcast podcast, hosted by Roberto Carlos, titled "#2 Carlos Montemayor: A Humanitarian Artificial Intelligence" was published on May 17, 2024 and runs 68 minutes.

May 17, 2024 ·68m · AI and Technology Ethics Podcast

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Carlos Montemayor is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University. He is the author of many articles and books, including his 2023 work The Prospect of a Humanitarian Artificial Intelligence: Agency and Alignment. [https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9781350353275] Some of the topics we discuss are the centrality of attention when it comes to intelligence, the possibility of being an intelligent agent without consciousness, the threats that AI poses to humans, and the notion of a collective artificial intelligence, among many other topics. We hope you enjoy the conversation.

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Carlos Montemayor is a professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University. He is the author of many articles and books, including his 2023 work The Prospect of a Humanitarian Artificial Intelligence: Agency and Alignment.

Some of the topics we discuss are the centrality of attention when it comes to intelligence, the possibility of being an intelligent agent without consciousness, the threats that AI poses to humans, and the notion of a collective artificial intelligence, among many other topics. We hope you enjoy the conversation.

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