#1: Why We Need to Tame Silicon Valley - Gary Marcus

The Deep View: Conversations

Artificial intelligence is a complicated topic, bound by a number of complex threads — technical science, ethics, safety, regulation, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, investment and — above all — humanity. On The Deep View: Conversations, Ian Krietzberg, host and Editor-in-Chief at The Deep View, breaks it all down, cutting through the hype to make clear what's important and why you should care.

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EPISODE LINKS:
Taming Silicon Valley: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262551069/taming-silicon-valley/
Gary Marcus’ Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/oversight-of-ai-rules-for-artificial-intelligence
Google DeepMind’s AlphaFold 3: https://alphafold.com/
Generative AI’s Copyright Problem: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-potential-genai-copyright-infringement
Eric Schmidt, Let the Lawyers Clean it Up: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/16/24221353/eric-schmidt-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud
Deep Learning is Hitting a Wall: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/26-months-of-ridicule-and-failure?utm_source=publication-search
Marcus Bets Elon Musk $10 Million: https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/superhuman-agi-is-not-nigh

OUTLINE:
1:30 – The inspiration behind 'Taming Silicon Valley'
4:30 – Regulation won't stifle innovation; it'll do the opposite.
7:10 – The potential upsides of AI (if it's done right).
10:00 – Money, power and the original mission of AI
12:11 – Generative AI's copyright problem
13:35 – The culture and ethos of Silicon Valley
14:45 – Here's how we can achieve ethical AI
19:11 - Common AI misconceptions
22:01 – Deep learning and exponential progress
25:06 – The bursting of the AI bubble
31:31 – New AI paradigms: Neurosymbolic AI
33:45 – No AGI by 2027
38:00 – Is AGI possible?
39:45 – The role of regulation
42:15 – We shouldn't stop AI
45:30 – Chatbots aren't the "droids we're looking for"
49:30 – Is solving AI a good thing?
51:10 – Silicon Valley is its own worst enemy
53:20 – What should people do about AI?

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