Machine Intelligence Foundation Podcast

Jul 16 2024 28 ep. 46
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The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics Podcast is a discussion of all things AI, machine intelligence, and how mankind can approach the questions of ethics in this rapidly approaching future.

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Episode 28 - Aequus Persona

Jul 16 2024 17 mins  
How do you refer to a self-aware and conscience machine? Is there a single term that encompasses their personhood and the rights that go along with it? Dave and Mike discuss why they think it's time there should be.

Episode 27 - The Winner Of The 2023 MIFRE Media Award

May 08 2024 5 mins  
The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics is proud to announce the winner of the 2023 Media Award. The Media Award is given to a story that demonstrates the positive cooperation between humans and conscious machines, for the benefit of all.

Episode 26 - The Future Is Now... Or Not

Dec 12 2023 24 mins  
As we see daily progression in Large Language Models, AI, and Machine Intelligence; how do we deal with the hype cycle and the potential letdown when the future isn't tomorrow? Mike and Dave talk about the hype cycle, who is responsible for it, and what our responsibility is as technology consumers and enthusiasts.

Episode 25 - Generative AI and the Sparks of Machine Intelligence

Jul 16 2023 29 mins  
Can generative AI provide the spark of life of a full Machine Intelligence? Dave and Mike discuss the current trends in generative AI and its future in the wider field of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Machine Intelligence.

Episode 24 - The Winner Of The 2022 MIFRE Media Award Is...

Jun 26 2023 2 mins  
The Machine Intelligence Foundation for Rights and Ethics is proud to announce the winner of the 2022 Media Award. The Media Award is given to a story that demonstrates the positive cooperation between humans and conscious machines, for the benefit of all.

Episode 23 - Memento Mori: Person Emulation and Machine Intelligence

Apr 14 2023 39 mins  
Is an emulated person a way to ease the loss of a loved one, or is it a constant reminder that they are gone? What rights will an emulated person have if they are self aware, and will we even know if they are? Dave and Mike take a moment to look at a technology that could be on the verge of moving from science fiction to reality in the near future.

Episode 22 - A Dream Within a Dream: AI Content Creation

Nov 17 2022 30 mins  
Do androids dream of electric sheep, or maybe a vast field of flowers? Mike and Dave take a trip down the rabbit hole of AI content creation. Is this the future and what implications does it have for human creators and a future machine intelligence?

Episode 21 - The Boy Who Cried Person

Jul 14 2022 19 mins  
Is there a danger in sounding the alarm too soon about a self aware machine? Mike and Dave talk about our tendency to assign agency and if that can help or hinder the goal of peaceful coexistence with a future Machine Intelligence.

Episode 20 - Severance and Machine Intelligence: Our Responsibilities to a Person

Jun 25 2022 25 mins  
Mike and Dave discuss how the TV program Severance may show how Machine Intelligence could be treated in the corporate environment. Also, a brief divergence on whether or not Google's LaMDA chat engine is sentient.

Episode 19 - A Conversation with Robert J. Sawyer

Apr 26 2022 41 mins  
2021 MIFRE Media award winner Robert J. Sawyer joins Mike and Dave for a stimulating discussion about his winning WWW series, his thoughts on different kinds of potential Machine Intelligence, and the rights of non-human people.