Evolutionary Intelligence
Guest: W. Russell Neuman, He is a professor of Media Technology at New York University. His area of expertise are new media and digital education and specialization in IT, Broadband policies and technology.
Key questions highlighted in the podcast:
People sharing concerns about AI:
Elon Musk: Developing AI is like summoning the demons
Late Professor Hawkins: AI would be the last thing that we will develop.
If the technology can be used for bad purpose. There is going to be someone out there to use technology badly. So how do we mitigate risk? And AI itself can harm us.
How to mitigate biases from AI as human has biases too? Who is going to monitor the mitigation of those biases from AI
Questioning the capabilities of Chatgpt?
AI/ Computer/ Technology replicate what we ask they are not intelligent. How do you compare machines with human intelligence?
One day we will have direct human interaction with machine/ computer?
Some of the personal information is there but the machine should give some control to an individual to decide what information / data to be provided.
What’s the term Intelligence Romance mean?
How should we work together to actual see how tech is making us smarter?
I choose this topic because I have been feeling to be exposed almost every time with technology. How does this help and challenge human intelligence to be so exposed to technology. As it is rightly said, Technology should empower you not rule over you.
Technology and AI is definitely increasing our cognitive abilities but on the other hand by creating so much convenience it is making human dependance on technology. Furthermore, human’s are loosing control on how much their personal data should be shared and to whom it should be shared.
The technology / digital surveillance is making human life to some known risks.
The Blind Spot : Why Science cannot Ignore Human Experience
Guest: Professor Adam Frank, He is a professor in astrophysicist in department of physics and astronomy at University of Rochester.
He is leading the final stages in the lives of stars:
How stars are formed / created?
How start die?
Book describes the limitation of scientific methods when it comes to understanding human consciousness and subjective experience. The science excels in explaining physical world but if often overlooks human experience.
Key questions highlighted in the podcast:
How the research on concept of time can be negatively affect by this blind spot?
At the foundation / core of obstruction is always human experience we talk about velocity, slowness, fastness. We gauge based on our mind what is slow or fast?
In Western culture we are always looking for absolute value/ concepts/ realities. Whereas, the Eastern culture is bit flexible to understand concept in relative manner. So how both the cultures are adapting this theory?
