Is the Future Uncontrollable? | The Coming Wave | Book Review | Mustafa Suleyman 2023

Описание: Are we ready for the greatest technological shift in human history? Join us for a Deep Dive into Mustafa Suleyman's urgent warning.

In this episode of Deep Dive ~ Book Pods, we explore The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century's Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman (co-founder of DeepMind).

Suleyman argues that we are approaching a critical threshold in human history defined by the rise of artificial intelligence and synthetic biology. Unlike previous technological waves, this one is "omnibroad," fast-moving, and potentially uncontrollable.

We break down the core concept of the "Containment Problem"—the struggle to maintain control over technologies that are becoming cheaper, more powerful, and easier to spread—and discuss Suleyman's proposed solutions for navigating the narrow path between catastrophe and dystopia.

In this video, we cover:

🌊 The Nature of the Wave: Why AI and synthetic biology are fundamentally different from past innovations.

🔒 The Containment Problem: Why stopping the proliferation of this tech might be impossible.

⚖️ The Dilemma: The tension between the benefits of AI and the existential risks it poses to the nation-state.

💡 Solutions: Can we actually regulate this? We look at the 10 steps for containment proposed in the book.

Quotes from the Book:

"The coming wave is defined by two core technologies: artificial intelligence and synthetic biology. Together they will usher in a new dawn for humanity, creating wealth and surplus like never before. But their rapid proliferation also threatens to empower a diverse array of bad actors to unleash disruption, instability, and even catastrophe on an unimaginable scale."

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