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Robert Wright

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01 / belief

I sensed a lot of optimism, but not really about the role AI would play in the future, more about just this paradigm that he was championing, which was then, you know, kind of a maverick paradigm, it wasn't mainstream, that it would prevail, that it would prove to be, uh, the one true path to artificial intelligence, which I think has turned out to be the case.

“I sensed a lot of optimism, but not really about the role AI would play in the future, more about just this paradigm that he was championing, which was then, you know, kind of a maverick paradigm, it wasn't mainstream, that it would prevail, that it would prove to be, uh, the one true path to artificial intelligence, which I think has turned out to be the case.”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

03 / belief

Recapitulates, in a way, a misleading word, because the cognitive functionality is not the exact same mechanisms the brain uses, but, you know, I think close enough in a lot of, uh, cases.

“Recapitulates, in a way, a misleading word, because the cognitive functionality is not the exact same mechanisms the brain uses, but, you know, I think close enough in a lot of, uh, cases.”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

05 / belief

A- and one, you know, I, I emphasize in the, in the book that y- you know, in, in textbooks, in biology textbooks, you look up arms races, it's likely to talk about races between species. But arms races within species, including the human species, have been very important, including in the development, I think, of our deceptive tendencies and our skills of argumentation and, for that matter, our power seeking.

“A- and one, you know, I, I emphasize in the, in the book that y- you know, in, in textbooks, in biology textbooks, you look up arms races, it's likely to talk about races between species. But arms races within species, including the human species, have been very important, including in the development, I think, of our deceptive tendencies and our skills of argumentation and, for that matter, our power seeking.”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

08 / belief

There's clearly a lot of people in the organization who take the overall challenge seriously. They've done a lot of, you know, alignment work that's been very illuminating, and this paper they put out I think is, is a great benefit, so.

“There's clearly a lot of people in the organization who take the overall challenge seriously. They've done a lot of, you know, alignment work that's been very illuminating, and this paper they put out I think is, is a great benefit, so.”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

09 / belief

Now this isn't the question you asked, but I think that's an assumption that simply has not been evaluated carefully because there really is no evidence that China's that, that, that, that that's the Chinese business model, I think, to, to...

“Now this isn't the question you asked, but I think that's an assumption that simply has not been evaluated carefully because there really is no evidence that China's that, that, that, that that's the Chinese business model, I think, to, to...”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

10 / belief

What I mean is, you know, the way, you know, my, you know, kind treatment of my, my dogs while they were alive was related to my belief that it was like something to be them.

“What I mean is, you know, the way, you know, my, you know, kind treatment of my, my dogs while they were alive was related to my belief that it was like something to be them.”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

12 / belief

The headline said it was calling for a global pause, which it wasn't, but it, they did say, you know, maybe the time will come to slow down or pause, and so we think we should now enter a period of studying what that would take.

“The headline said it was calling for a global pause, which it wasn't, but it, they did say, you know, maybe the time will come to slow down or pause, and so we think we should now enter a period of studying what that would take.”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

13 / belief

I would also say, you know, Peter Singer's book, The Expanding Circle, I think documents that over time, actually our species has already undergone some moral improvement.

“I would also say, you know, Peter Singer's book, The Expanding Circle, I think documents that over time, actually our species has already undergone some moral improvement.”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

14 / belief

You know, we, we, we agree that in recognition of the non-zero-sum dynamics that, you know, among nations and so on that are posed by technologies, especially AI, a certain kind of global governance makes sense.

“You know, we, we, we agree that in recognition of the non-zero-sum dynamics that, you know, among nations and so on that are posed by technologies, especially AI, a certain kind of global governance makes sense.”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

15 / belief

We need to be aware that, you know, AIs could have an unfortunate effect on our psychology, on our self-conception, uh, unfortunate for the world, uh, and I think especially unfortunate now that I think, you know, this technology needs to be governed by a true global community.

“We need to be aware that, you know, AIs could have an unfortunate effect on our psychology, on our self-conception, uh, unfortunate for the world, uh, and I think especially unfortunate now that I think, you know, this technology needs to be governed by a true global community.”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

16 / belief

Now, one implication of that, I think, is that that should help us understand some of the virtues of economic and cultural and scientific engagement, because there's something...

“Now, one implication of that, I think, is that that should help us understand some of the virtues of economic and cultural and scientific engagement, because there's something...”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

17 / belief

Now we're on the verge of, I would say we're on the verge of a global community, and we need to form one if we're gonna handle the technological challenges we face wisely, especially AI.

“Now we're on the verge of, I would say we're on the verge of a global community, and we need to form one if we're gonna handle the technological challenges we face wisely, especially AI.”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution

18 / belief

Uh, you know, Teilhard saw, I think pretty presciently given when he was writing, that there was this technology was kind of creating this something that looked kind of like a global brain.

“Uh, you know, Teilhard saw, I think pretty presciently given when he was writing, that there was this technology was kind of creating this something that looked kind of like a global brain.”
Speaker
Robert Wright
Publisher
The Cognitive Revolution
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