Ghost In The Machine: Artificial Intelligence

Send us comments, suggestions and ideas here! On this week’s show we discuss the creation of a new life-form - one being born at this very moment - the seed which, forbidding some extinction level disaster will grow to envelop and surpass all aspects of human life - a truly Artificial Intelligence, or, a computer-based form of life with equal or greater levels of intelligence, awareness and autonomy than the humans who created it; bringing with it the potential to permanently alter the course of human history faster and more dramatically than is even yet imaginable. Will we become cavemen, robot-food, utopian cyborgs or destroy the entire planet before any of these can occur? What happens next is up to you... In this show we discuss: -Artificial Intelligence -Ada Lovelace and the Analytical Engine -The Jacquard Loom -Binary Computing -Algorithms -What is a Turing machine? -The Digital Universe -Defining intelligence -Alpha Go and Google Deepmind -Silicon Based Life -Transhumanism -Android Rights / AI Rights -Uploading Consciousness -The Singularity In the extended show available at http://www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we also discuss: -Good AI versus Evil AI -Solar Punk Applications -Computers Speaking in Riddles -Roko’s Basilisks -Asimov’s Three Laws -The Inevitable Future -Sex with Satanic Robots -Death and Love -Star Wars Droids -The Demiurge -Droids Rights Special thanks to Mari for writing the technical explanations, and Heka Astra for the etymological sections. Music By: Spirit Travel Plaza https://open.spotify.com/artist/30dW3WB1sYofnow7y3V0Yo Where to find The Whole Rabbit: YouTube: https://youtu.be/z4DL6BFdzfM Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/thewholerabbit/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AnJZhmPzaby04afmEWOAV Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_whole_rabbit_/ Sources: Ada Lovelace: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/ada-lovelace-the-first-tech-visionary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace Turing Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNRDvLACg5Q Modern AI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuK6gekU1Y Jacquard Loom: https://www.scienceandindustrymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/jacquard-loom Support the show