AI After Us: The "Succession" Scenario (Robert Wright & Dan Faggella) (opens in new tab)

Listen now | 0:00 Teaser 1:07 Defining AI succession 3:51 How positive psychology led Dan to AI research 11:20 Is Dan a “successionist”? 17:40 Does it matter whether AI is sentient? 25:13 Two traits of a worthy successor 32:03 The varieties of succession scenarios 36:40 Values and interests 41:52 Will AI have any use for us? 44:33 Succession scenarios to avoid 49:42 Heading into Overtime Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Dan Faggella (Emerj AI Research, ...