AI 2050: The Future of Artificial Intelligence

What will AI look like in 2050? Will it solve all our problems, or create new ones? Will our future AI companions be more “Her” or “T1000"? In the latest chrome-plated, mechanized, fully sentient episode of MFFI, Shane and Duncan discuss the possibilities and pitfalls of generative artificial intelligence, and explore all of the ways it might reshape media, society, economy, and culture.

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In this episode:  

• The Swaggy Pope
• The Dartmouth College Rockefeller-Funded AI Conference
• John McCarthy Coins the Term "AI"
• Deep Learning
• NLP
• The Data Age
• Advanced Tamagotchi 
• AI Tutors
• Insurance
• Autonomous Vehicles
• AI Catfishing: Filters, Deepfakes
• Bold Glamour
• Coconut Kitty
• Replika and the Emotional Connection
• Robot Sexting
• AI and the Economy
• General AI
• The Singularity
• Alignment Research
• Misalignment
• Open AI Risk Assessment
• AI Warfare
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