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William MacAskill is a senior research fellow at Forethought. He joins the podcast to discuss his Better Futures essay series. We explore moral error risks, AI character design, space governance, and persistent path dependence. The conversation also covers risk-averse AI systems, moral trade between value systems, and improving model specifications for ethical reasoning.

LINKS:
- Better Futures Research Series: https://www.forethought.org/research/better-futures
- William MacAskill Forethought Profile: https://www.forethought.org/people/william-macaskill

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Episode Preview

(01:03) Improving The Future's Quality

(09:58) Moral Errors and AI Rights

(18:24) AI's Impact on Thinking

(27:17) Utopias and Population Ethics

(36:41) The Danger of Moral Lock-in

(44:38) Deals with Misaligned AI

(57:25) AI and Moral Trade

(01:08:21) Improving AI Ethical Reasoning

(01:16:05) The Risk of Path Dependence

(01:27:41) Avoiding Future Lock-in

(01:36:22) The Urgency of Space Governance

(01:46:19) A Future Research Agenda

(01:57:36) Is Intelligence a Good Bet?

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Content provided by Gus Docker and Future of Life Institute. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Gus Docker and Future of Life Institute or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

William MacAskill is a senior research fellow at Forethought. He joins the podcast to discuss his Better Futures essay series. We explore moral error risks, AI character design, space governance, and persistent path dependence. The conversation also covers risk-averse AI systems, moral trade between value systems, and improving model specifications for ethical reasoning.

LINKS:
- Better Futures Research Series: https://www.forethought.org/research/better-futures
- William MacAskill Forethought Profile: https://www.forethought.org/people/william-macaskill

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Episode Preview

(01:03) Improving The Future's Quality

(09:58) Moral Errors and AI Rights

(18:24) AI's Impact on Thinking

(27:17) Utopias and Population Ethics

(36:41) The Danger of Moral Lock-in

(44:38) Deals with Misaligned AI

(57:25) AI and Moral Trade

(01:08:21) Improving AI Ethical Reasoning

(01:16:05) The Risk of Path Dependence

(01:27:41) Avoiding Future Lock-in

(01:36:22) The Urgency of Space Governance

(01:46:19) A Future Research Agenda

(01:57:36) Is Intelligence a Good Bet?

PRODUCED BY:

https://aipodcast.ing

SOCIAL LINKS:

Website: https://podcast.futureoflife.org

Twitter (FLI): https://x.com/FLI_org

Twitter (Gus): https://x.com/gusdocker

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-of-life-institute/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-rCCy3FQ-GItDimSR9lhzw/

Apple: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1170991978

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Op1WO3gwVwCrYHg4eoGyP

  continue reading

480 episodes

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