Kissinger and AI, Pt. 2: Jay Richards Presses Pause on the Robot Apocalypse

Episode 1127 June 06, 2018 00:14:28
Kissinger and AI, Pt. 2: Jay Richards Presses Pause on the Robot Apocalypse
Intelligent Design the Future
Kissinger and AI, Pt. 2: Jay Richards Presses Pause on the Robot Apocalypse

Jun 06 2018 | 00:14:28

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Show Notes

On this episode of ID the Future, philosopher Jay Richards continues his conversation with host and historian of science Mike Keas about Henry Kissinger's recent Atlantic article on "The End of the Enlightenment." In the piece, Kissinger sounds an alarm over artificial intelligence, and raises questions about machine ethics and the possibility that humans may learn we're not so special after all. Richards, author of the new book The Human Advantage: The Future of American Work In an Age of Smart Machines, pushes back, explaining how we can continue to use artificial intelligence to our advantage, prudently but without fear of the robot apocalypse or of computers becoming conscious and free. No, Richards argues, those qualities cannot be programmed. They are, and will remain, the human advantage.

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