EP 8: Evil AI, Killer Robots, Dragon Kings and Cupcakes with Dr. Seth Baum

SHOW NOTES

Read complete show notes at http://bit.ly/tech2025ep8

Aaaaand we’re BACK! After a brief haitus due to the endless travels of cohosts Charlie Oliver and Ed Maguire, the team reassembles for this special, spooky, AI Halloween episode with special guest, Dr. Seth Baum (Executive Director of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute).

SEGMENTS: 0:00 – 7:30  – Ed and Charlie discuss recent events and the Fall craziness; Charlie asks Ed for advice on a particular annoying thing she’s encountering a lot lately 7:28 – 32:55  –  Ed and Charlie share real life horror stories including Charlie’s experience in Las Vegas, Ed’s brush with a child pornographer, and Charlie’s run-in with a teenager in Charlie's old apartment building who brutally murdered his grandmother — how will AI help us to predict and avoid extreme crimes in the future? 33:09 – 1:18:30  –  Hey, Seth!! Seth Baum joins Ed and Charlie for a deep dive into our real and imagined fears around AI, killer robots, and other risks to the survival of humanity. Seth also shares his latest research in this field and offers insights on how we should be thinking about these things so that we maintain a balanced perspective. Also, what are the three greatest risks threatening the survival of our species right now that we really should be worried about? 1:18:30 – 1:30:30  –  CUPCAKES! Ed, Charlie and Seth devour cupcakes Charlie brought in while each taking turns sharing their biggest fear about one particular technology that might be destructive to humanity in the future.

All of this is AND Tech 2025 is coproducing an event in New York on these very topics with the awesome team at This Week In Machine Learning & AI podcast (the top-rated podcast on AI), October 30th. If you’re in New York and can join us, use the special code below to get a complimentary ticket to the event. There will be an AI costume contest too (of course).

EVENT WEBSITE:  https://halloweenai.splashthat.com/
USE THIS COMP CODE:  TECH2025COMP

Happy Halloween and stay safe out there!

RESOURCES: Seth Baum’s website:  http://sethbaum.com and http://www.gcrinstitute.org/ Contact Seth:  Twitter – @sethbaum  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-baum-64615a/

A few relevant stories:

The name of the musician who was busted by the FBI for child pornography that Ed talks about is Eric Komar: New Jersey Children’s Musician Accused Of Distributing Child Pornography (CBS) Neural Network Learns to Identify Criminals by Their Faces (MIT) Face-reading AI will be able to detect your politics and IQ, professor says (The Guardian) How AI is helping detect fraud and fight criminals (Venture Beat) Facebook can unlock your account with facial recognition (TechCrunch)

FOLLOW AND REACH OUT TO US AT:

Website: tech2025.com/podcast Twitter: @JoinTech2025 Email: [email protected] Charlie Oliver: Twitter – @itscomplicated / LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny Ed Maguire: Twitter – @eemaguire / LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/emaguire/

 

SHOW NOTES

Read complete show notes at http://bit.ly/tech2025ep8

Aaaaand we’re BACK! After a brief haitus due to the endless travels of cohosts Charlie Oliver and Ed Maguire, the team reassembles for this special, spooky, AI Halloween episode with special guest, Dr. Seth Baum (Executive Director of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute).

SEGMENTS: 0:00 – 7:30  – Ed and Charlie discuss recent events and the Fall craziness; Charlie asks Ed for advice on a particular annoying thing she’s encountering a lot lately 7:28 – 32:55  –  Ed and Charlie share real life horror stories including Charlie’s experience in Las Vegas, Ed’s brush with a child pornographer, and Charlie’s run-in with a teenager in Charlie's old apartment building who brutally murdered his grandmother — how will AI help us to predict and avoid extreme crimes in the future? 33:09 – 1:18:30  –  Hey, Seth!! Seth Baum joins Ed and Charlie for a deep dive into our real and imagined fears around AI, killer robots, and other risks to the survival of humanity. Seth also shares his latest research in this field and offers insights on how we should be thinking about these things so that we maintain a balanced perspective. Also, what are the three greatest risks threatening the survival of our species right now that we really should be worried about? 1:18:30 – 1:30:30  –  CUPCAKES! Ed, Charlie and Seth devour cupcakes Charlie brought in while each taking turns sharing their biggest fear about one particular technology that might be destructive to humanity in the future.

All of this is AND Tech 2025 is coproducing an event in New York on these very topics with the awesome team at This Week In Machine Learning & AI podcast (the top-rated podcast on AI), October 30th. If you’re in New York and can join us, use the special code below to get a complimentary ticket to the event. There will be an AI costume contest too (of course).

EVENT WEBSITE:  https://halloweenai.splashthat.com/ USE THIS COMP CODE:  TECH2025COMP

Happy Halloween and stay safe out there!

RESOURCES: Seth Baum’s website:  http://sethbaum.com and http://www.gcrinstitute.org/ Contact Seth:  Twitter – @sethbaum  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-baum-64615a/

A few relevant stories:

The name of the musician who was busted by the FBI for child pornography that Ed talks about is Eric Komar: New Jersey Children’s Musician Accused Of Distributing Child Pornography (CBS) Neural Network Learns to Identify Criminals by Their Faces (MIT) Face-reading AI will be able to detect your politics and IQ, professor says (The Guardian) How AI is helping detect fraud and fight criminals (Venture Beat) Facebook can unlock your account with facial recognition (TechCrunch)

FOLLOW AND REACH OUT TO US AT:

Website: tech2025.com/podcast Twitter: @JoinTech2025 Email: [email protected] Charlie Oliver: Twitter – @itscomplicated / LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charlieoliverny Ed Maguire: Twitter – @eemaguire / LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/emaguire/