The Mind of the Machine
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03/22/21 • 58 min
The U.S.A. used A.I. supercomputers to win one of the final cold war battlefields: Chess. This episode, Andrew and Aidan discuss the history of intelligence, why our global perception of it changed over time, and how we now find ourselves losing to machines. Did you know that China uses artificial intelligence to monitor and rate its citizens? Or that it might be quite stupid to model super-intelligent A.I. beings using humans as a blueprint?
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The U.S.A. used A.I. supercomputers to win one of the final cold war battlefields: Chess. This episode, Andrew and Aidan discuss the history of intelligence, why our global perception of it changed over time, and how we now find ourselves losing to machines. Did you know that China uses artificial intelligence to monitor and rate its citizens? Or that it might be quite stupid to model super-intelligent A.I. beings using humans as a blueprint?
We really hope you enjoyed the season finale. If you want to support two humble young scientists producing season 2, you can find us on patreon where all of your support is reinvested back into the podcast to make it bigger and better. Thank you so much.
https://www.patreon.com/LivingRoomLogic
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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