Our next IPI Talk will be on Sunday, 2nd of May at 18.00 London time zone.
Live stream link:to be added soon.
Title: AI Window of Opportunity
Abstract: Laypeople think of artificial intelligence
(AI) as a recent achievement, but the truth
is that it has been an objective of
mankind for hundreds of years and became possible due to a series of small
singularities that aim at a final singularity, which is called artificial
superintelligence (ASI). This presentation will cover the technological and
financial developments that made AI possible. We argue that to understand AI,
we need to first understand philosophy and epistemic theories of truth. We
attempt to establish a connection between Fitch’s paradox of knowability and
ASI, asserting that the ultimate goal of AI can only be realized if moderate
anti-realism is true. Finally, if ASI is reached, there will be a window of
opportunity for humanity to escape replacement by machines and extinction.
Preparations for integrating advanced AI into human life must begin now, as the
window of opportunity following the achievement of ASI may be very narrow.
Speaker: Efthimios Harokopos
Bio: Efthimios Harokopos studied mechanical engineering at SUNY at Buffalo, where he received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. He then worked for AT&T, where he was part of a team that researched and developed advanced automation devices, including high-speed robots for electronic circuit assembly. While working at AT&T, he completed the full coursework for a PhD in Engineering at Columbia University and received a second master’s degree in operations research. Then he worked in the finance industry for several years while keeping his passion for the philosophy of science and carrying on independent research in this field regarding the nature of reality and the impact of the digital revolution on human life and evolution. Currently Efthimios is retired and an independent researcher in the field of philosophy of science. He is the author of the book “Beyond Intelligent Design” and he runs the Digital Cosmology blog: https://digitalcosmology.wordpress.com/
2nd of May @ 18.00 London time zone. Online Teams lecture – a link will be emailed to the IPI members.
