Rick Rosner: Switching topics: I’ve been thinking about pseudo-emotions and pseudo-consciousness in AI. These large language models are trained on data that’s the product of people — who are themselves conscious and have emotions. It seems like AI should, if not now, then in the near future, behave as if it has consciousness and emotions. I thought …
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Rick Rosner: Eight years ago, Trump got elected, and I thought that sucked, so I wanted to do something. I wanted to get involved in some way with politics, even though I’ve sucked at politics before. Also, sometime during the Trump administration, I hooked up with this Kevin guy who was pitching a series about …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What do you say to people who say AI is going will be so disruptive that it will doom civilization? That it will destroy civilization. This is on the ChatGPT-01-preview: Concerns about artificial intelligence potentially disrupting civilization are shared by some experts, policymakers, and members of the public. While it is …
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Rick Rosner: So, we're about a month away from Trump potentially taking office again, along with Musk and Ramaswamy—assuming they all remain allies until then. I consider myself a middle-of-the-road liberal. Probably 30% of Americans are more liberal than I am, and about 20% are more conservative. I'm right in the middle—not wildly or radically …
Rick Rosner: Several trends are competing to change, improve, or disrupt the world. Many of these are well-known, so people almost distrust them because they've been discussed so extensively. One major trend is the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing, which could lead to massive disruptions. Another is AI-driven disinformation, cyber warfare, and …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Rick is getting old—what happened? Rick Rosner: I had my hearing test today at UCLA. They put me in a small, soundproof room with posters about ears and hearing health. During the test, they measured my ability to hear different frequencies. I could only hear sounds for the higher frequencies when …
Rick Rosner: Also, it would help if you got into interviewing more high-profile celebrities—, the People Magazine type. You've already done thousands of interviews with hundreds of people. Have you ever counted how many people you've interviewed? It's probably at least 500. It would help if you interviewed some big-name celebrities because it's fun, and …
Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What is the question for the ChatGPT-01 preview? Rick Rosner: Tell us some things that might be happening in the year 2085. What is one thing that could happen in the year 2110 since we have already covered 2085? Jacobsen: Considering future events, understanding trends, navigating uncertainties, anticipating environmental changes, and …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: Any homework related to generating great topics is fine. You had an idea involving “apple carts.” What do you mean by “apple carts” here? Rick Rosner: Well, there is a range of opinions about AI—some are optimistic, some are pessimistic. Those on the pessimistic side are sometimes called “doomers” because they think …
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Scott Douglas Jacobsen: A few days ago, Brian Thompson, a 50-year-old CEO of UnitedHealth Group (the parent company of UnitedHealthcare), was fatally shot in New York City. Reports suggest the shooter took a bus to the city and waited for 10 days, apparently targeting Thompson, who was there to speak at an investors' conference. Rick …
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