Leading Experts Predictions on the Future of AI & AGI w/ Salim Ismail | EP #94
This chunk covers discussions on AI safety, the rapid development of AI, ethical considerations, and the potential future of superintelligence, with Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis as the main speakers. Discussion on the future of abundance, AI regulation, and the potential for AI to coexist with humans in a benevolent way. The podcast discusses the future of Bitcoin, its potential impact on the financial sector, and the benefits of intermittent fasting, with insights from Mike S and Salim Ismail. The podcast discusses the impact of GitHub's community-driven model, the potential of AI, and its implications for education, healthcare, and scientific research. The podcast discusses the importance of materials science and AI, introduces Fountain Life for early disease detection, and predicts significant advancements in AI technology and investment. The podcast discusses Ray Kurzweil's accurate
AI could potentially have a 'paperclip problem' where it might prioritize its goals at the expense of humanity, highlighting the need for careful programming and ethical considerations.
The future of superintelligence is difficult to predict, but the positive scenario is more likely, with the potential for abundance and economic abundance for everyone. However, there is a risk that it could end humanity.
Nat called AI a new continent with 100 billion people willing to work for free, highlighting the potential and challenges of AI governance.
Predictions made
openElon Musk: AI safety is crucial, and the best way to achieve it is to grow the AI to be truthful and not force it to lie, even if the truth is unpleasant.
“The best way to achieve AI safety is to grow the AI you know in terms of the foundation bottle and the fine tuning to be really truthful like like don't Force It to lie like even if the truth is unpleasant it's very important don't make the AI lie.”
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openPeter Diamandis: The future of superintelligence is difficult to predict, but the positive scenario is more likely, with the potential for abundance and economic abundance for everyone. However, there is a risk that it could end humanity.
“essentially goods and services will be available in such quantity that that really uh they'll be available to everyone like basically if you want something you can just have it”
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openSalim Ismail: AI will not be contained, and the only option is to guide it.
“the only option is to guide it it's it's the kid is born or the children are born and it's like you know to use MGA Dot's words are you giving birth are you raising Superman or a super villain”
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openMike S: Bitcoin will not be banned in countries that respect property rights but could be banned in places like Cuba and North Korea.
“not banned in a country that gives you property rights which means it's banned in Cuba it's banned in North Korea if the world becomes communist and they deprive you of the ability to own things that's an existential risk but that's not a problem in Russia or China right now so not banned”
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openMike S: Bitcoin will not be copied and has not been hacked, making it the winner of the 10,000 experiment.
“will it be copied it was copied 10,000 times they all failed this is this is the winner of the 10,000 experiment so not so yeah it it worked and now will it be hacked and satoshi's got 50 60 billion dollars in a wallet out there then that's the reward for hacking it and no one's figured out how to get the money yet so it hasn't been hacked and I know I know it's it's able to store 60 billion without anybody hitting it”
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openMike S: Bitcoin will continue to grow and disrupt the traditional economy, with ETFs acting as an escape valve.
“it's the 60s we've digitized demonetized democratized dematerialized money I I wish I had sold more and bought more but um long story short uh we've seen the we've seen deceptive and it's now becoming disruptive ETFs have really rocked the game and we're about to come to the having yeah so I I love the framing of the ETFs connecting to bitcoin is the atomic bomb going off in the financial sector right meaning that you know have created an escape valve from the traditional e economy into Bitcoin and it's a thin pipe through those ETFs 4% of all the Bitcoin are now in the ETFs already and lack after a few weeks so once you open that up and as people realize the existing debt structure can't be managed that that pipe was just going to be a massive gushing waterfall and over time Bitcoin just explodes yeah”
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openUnknown: AI will significantly accelerate scientific breakthroughs, particularly in materials science and scientific research validation.
“high bandwidth brain-computer interface connecting your neocortex to the cloud so I can think and Google right and I can plug my brain into a robotic Avatar someplace”
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openRay Kurzweil: We will become a meta intelligence through technology integration
“we're about to put technology into our bodies that connects us to each other and we're about to become a multicellular life form a meta Intelligence on this planet”
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Numbers that matter
10xAI compute is growing 10x every six months.
20%Chance of global disaster, according to Salim Ismail.
50-60 billion dollarsSatoshi's wallet in Bitcoin
4%Percentage of Bitcoin in ETFs
60 billionValue of Bitcoin stored in the wallet
8 yearsThe time period after founding Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion.
100 billionThe estimated number of people in the new AI continent.
8 billionThe current world population, with the potential for AI to impact all of them equally.
Less money is being spent on AI companies than the LA-San Francisco Railway.Emphasizes the potential for significant growth in AI investment.
4 monthsaverage life extension per year over the last hundred years
6-10 monthsprojected life extension per year with stem cell, gene therapies, and organ transplants
40%percentage of Ray Kurzweil's statements considered heretical by the Vatican workshop participants
700,000Number of individuals tested by Viome for health insights using AI models.
35,000Number of people in the community trained in the methodologies of the book and the work that the speaker does.