#330 - Theo Priestley & Bronwyn Williams - What Will The Future Look Like?
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#330 - Theo Priestley & Bronwyn Williams - What Will The Future Look Like? mentions The Future Starts Now, Expert Insights into the Future of Business, Technology and Society by Theo Priestley and Bronwyn Williams, Human Compatible by Stuart Russell, Christina Libby from Hypergiant, and Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
Theo Priestley and Bronwyn Williams, ladies and gentlemen, The Future Starts Now, Expert Insights into the Future of Business, Technology and Society…
If super intelligent AGI, a misaligned one, Stuart Russell's human compatible, he doesn't need to worry.
Christina Libby from Hypergiant wrote that one.
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