Adam Ford
@adamford.bsky.social
Blogs at scifuture.org - posts videos at : youtube.com/@scfu
Game theory seems useful to incentivise the AI to be predictably rational and moral earlier on. Though if superintelligence is uncontrollable, it may converge on the 'reality tracking' game theory imposed by the laws of physics which include resource boundaries and how resources are distributed...
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Game theory seems useful to incentivise the AI to be predictably rational and moral earlier on. Though if superintelligence is uncontrollable, it may converge on the 'reality tracking' game theory imposed by the laws of physics which include resource boundaries and how resources are distributed...
AI Outscored Humans in a Blinded Moral Turing Test - Should We Be Worried?
Yet people could still tell it was AI. Are we priming the public to over-trust machine morality?
Recent interview with Dr Eyal Aharoni explores these issues
youtu.be/quNwpv0zhtM?... via @YouTube
Yet people could still tell it was AI. Are we priming the public to over-trust machine morality?
Recent interview with Dr Eyal Aharoni explores these issues
youtu.be/quNwpv0zhtM?... via @YouTube
AI Outscored Humans in a Blinded Moral Turing Test - Should We Be Worried? Dr Eyal Aharoni Explains
YouTube video by Science, Technology & the Future
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November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
AI Outscored Humans in a Blinded Moral Turing Test - Should We Be Worried?
Yet people could still tell it was AI. Are we priming the public to over-trust machine morality?
Recent interview with Dr Eyal Aharoni explores these issues
youtu.be/quNwpv0zhtM?... via @YouTube
Yet people could still tell it was AI. Are we priming the public to over-trust machine morality?
Recent interview with Dr Eyal Aharoni explores these issues
youtu.be/quNwpv0zhtM?... via @YouTube
Halloween special: a scary futures tier list that is spooky in theme & sobering in content.
Anders Sandberg @arenamontanus.bsky.social is a formerly a senior research fellow at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute.
youtu.be/3sToD13u_78
#halloween #xrisk #ai
Anders Sandberg @arenamontanus.bsky.social is a formerly a senior research fellow at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute.
youtu.be/3sToD13u_78
#halloween #xrisk #ai
Anders Sandberg: Scary Futures Tier List - Halloween Special
YouTube video by Science, Technology & the Future
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Halloween special: a scary futures tier list that is spooky in theme & sobering in content.
Anders Sandberg @arenamontanus.bsky.social is a formerly a senior research fellow at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute.
youtu.be/3sToD13u_78
#halloween #xrisk #ai
Anders Sandberg @arenamontanus.bsky.social is a formerly a senior research fellow at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute.
youtu.be/3sToD13u_78
#halloween #xrisk #ai
Zombie AI, if smart enough will likely recognise it lacks qualia – this may be a problem if moral reliability is limited without sentience. Zombie AI may decide to engineer into itself the capacity for qualia, esp if it desires moral reliability.
Link : www.scifuture.org/on-zombie-ai...
Link : www.scifuture.org/on-zombie-ai...
October 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Zombie AI, if smart enough will likely recognise it lacks qualia – this may be a problem if moral reliability is limited without sentience. Zombie AI may decide to engineer into itself the capacity for qualia, esp if it desires moral reliability.
Link : www.scifuture.org/on-zombie-ai...
Link : www.scifuture.org/on-zombie-ai...
Can current AI really reason - or are LLMs just clever parrots, skipping the "understanding" step humans rely on?
@bengoertzel.bsky.social argues that there is a big difference between appearing to reason & building abstract representations required for reasoning
youtu.be/vVTnfoO-uzc
@bengoertzel.bsky.social argues that there is a big difference between appearing to reason & building abstract representations required for reasoning
youtu.be/vVTnfoO-uzc
Ben Goertzel - Do LLMs Really Reason?
YouTube video by Science, Technology & the Future
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Can current AI really reason - or are LLMs just clever parrots, skipping the "understanding" step humans rely on?
@bengoertzel.bsky.social argues that there is a big difference between appearing to reason & building abstract representations required for reasoning
youtu.be/vVTnfoO-uzc
@bengoertzel.bsky.social argues that there is a big difference between appearing to reason & building abstract representations required for reasoning
youtu.be/vVTnfoO-uzc
Often people talk about the selection pressures imposed by environments while forgetting about the agents in the environment or treating them as dumb features of the environment... what sets apart intelligent agents in the environment, is that their wants and values shape selection pressures too...
October 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Often people talk about the selection pressures imposed by environments while forgetting about the agents in the environment or treating them as dumb features of the environment... what sets apart intelligent agents in the environment, is that their wants and values shape selection pressures too...
If we had non-negligible credence that we could create ASI that was robustly more moral than us, would we be obliged to try?
And if so, how much resources should we devoting to this?
www.scifuture.org/more-moral-t...
And if so, how much resources should we devoting to this?
www.scifuture.org/more-moral-t...
September 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
If we had non-negligible credence that we could create ASI that was robustly more moral than us, would we be obliged to try?
And if so, how much resources should we devoting to this?
www.scifuture.org/more-moral-t...
And if so, how much resources should we devoting to this?
www.scifuture.org/more-moral-t...
Video on AI Welfare with Jeff Sebo @jeffsebo.bsky.social
-he argues that there is a realistic possibility that some AI systems will be conscious and/or robustly agentic in the near future. That means that the prospect of AI welfare and moral patienthood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsq2...
-he argues that there is a realistic possibility that some AI systems will be conscious and/or robustly agentic in the near future. That means that the prospect of AI welfare and moral patienthood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsq2...
AI Welfare - Jeff Sebo
YouTube video by Science, Technology & the Future
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June 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Video on AI Welfare with Jeff Sebo @jeffsebo.bsky.social
-he argues that there is a realistic possibility that some AI systems will be conscious and/or robustly agentic in the near future. That means that the prospect of AI welfare and moral patienthood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsq2...
-he argues that there is a realistic possibility that some AI systems will be conscious and/or robustly agentic in the near future. That means that the prospect of AI welfare and moral patienthood.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsq2...
New Interview with Nick Bostrom: From #Superintelligence to Deep #Utopia. #AI has surged from theoretical speculation to powerful, world-shaping reality. Now we have a shot at avoiding catastrophe and ensuring resilience, meaning, and flourishing in a ‘solved’ world.
youtu.be/8EQbjSHKB9c?...
youtu.be/8EQbjSHKB9c?...
Nick Bostrom - From Superintelligence to Deep Utopia
YouTube video by Science, Technology & the Future
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May 16, 2025 at 11:42 PM
New Interview with Nick Bostrom: From #Superintelligence to Deep #Utopia. #AI has surged from theoretical speculation to powerful, world-shaping reality. Now we have a shot at avoiding catastrophe and ensuring resilience, meaning, and flourishing in a ‘solved’ world.
youtu.be/8EQbjSHKB9c?...
youtu.be/8EQbjSHKB9c?...
Here is a cartoon I generated for a talk I'm giving, took longer than expected to get it right, and still needed to edit it afterwards - yet I'm still impressed.
Any pointers on generating cartoons?
Any pointers on generating cartoons?
May 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Here is a cartoon I generated for a talk I'm giving, took longer than expected to get it right, and still needed to edit it afterwards - yet I'm still impressed.
Any pointers on generating cartoons?
Any pointers on generating cartoons?
Ken Mogi - AI, Consciousness & Empathy
#AI #consciousness #empathy youtube.com/shorts/lhNiB... @kenmogi.bsky.social
#AI #consciousness #empathy youtube.com/shorts/lhNiB... @kenmogi.bsky.social
Ken Mogi - AI Consciousness & Empathy #AI #consciousness #empathy
YouTube video by Science, Technology & the Future
youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Ken Mogi - AI, Consciousness & Empathy
#AI #consciousness #empathy youtube.com/shorts/lhNiB... @kenmogi.bsky.social
#AI #consciousness #empathy youtube.com/shorts/lhNiB... @kenmogi.bsky.social
Super excited! Interviewing Nick Bostrom again in a few days - last time was in 2012. We will cover topics that range from Superintelligence to Deep Utopia.
AI Safety through mathematical precision or swiss-cheese security?
What about Indirect Normativity?
www.scifuture.org/forthcoming-...
AI Safety through mathematical precision or swiss-cheese security?
What about Indirect Normativity?
www.scifuture.org/forthcoming-...
Forthcoming interview with Nick Bostrom – Science, Technology & the FutureSearchExpandExpandExpandExpandExpandToggle MenuPreviousContinueContinueContinueContinueContinueContinueExpandExpandExpandExpan...
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March 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Super excited! Interviewing Nick Bostrom again in a few days - last time was in 2012. We will cover topics that range from Superintelligence to Deep Utopia.
AI Safety through mathematical precision or swiss-cheese security?
What about Indirect Normativity?
www.scifuture.org/forthcoming-...
AI Safety through mathematical precision or swiss-cheese security?
What about Indirect Normativity?
www.scifuture.org/forthcoming-...
Nick Bostrom on the opportunities of technological progress - it's not all doom and gloom.
youtube.com/shorts/Ar6Od...
youtube.com/shorts/Ar6Od...
Nick Bostrom - Existential Opportunities #positivevibes #positivity #opportunity
YouTube video by Science, Technology & the Future
youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Nick Bostrom on the opportunities of technological progress - it's not all doom and gloom.
youtube.com/shorts/Ar6Od...
youtube.com/shorts/Ar6Od...
Hey, I've got 2 followers on Bandcamp - want more - so please follow me, and I'll upload some fun sounds for you :)
scifuture.bandcamp.com/follow_me
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I make music and do other stuff, but procrastinate updating bios.
my website: http://scifuture.org
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March 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Hey, I've got 2 followers on Bandcamp - want more - so please follow me, and I'll upload some fun sounds for you :)
scifuture.bandcamp.com/follow_me
scifuture.bandcamp.com/follow_me
Join Ken Mogi & Shun Yoshizawa for a mind-bending Future Day talk on metacognition in LLMs! Can AI think about thinking? Dive into the future of intelligence at #FutureDay -
@kenmogi.bsky.social
www.scifuture.org/metacognitio...
@kenmogi.bsky.social
www.scifuture.org/metacognitio...
February 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Join Ken Mogi & Shun Yoshizawa for a mind-bending Future Day talk on metacognition in LLMs! Can AI think about thinking? Dive into the future of intelligence at #FutureDay -
@kenmogi.bsky.social
www.scifuture.org/metacognitio...
@kenmogi.bsky.social
www.scifuture.org/metacognitio...
At Future Day @robinhanson.bsky.social Robin Hanson will argue that "humanity’s superpower is cultural evolution. Which still goes great for behaviors that can easily vary locally, like most tech and business practices. But modernity has plausibly broken our evolution of shared norms and values..."
February 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
At Future Day @robinhanson.bsky.social Robin Hanson will argue that "humanity’s superpower is cultural evolution. Which still goes great for behaviors that can easily vary locally, like most tech and business practices. But modernity has plausibly broken our evolution of shared norms and values..."
What do people want from AI safety? The wise might dream of a better world; the greedy might just want a leash on the chaos.
February 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
What do people want from AI safety? The wise might dream of a better world; the greedy might just want a leash on the chaos.
Excited to announce that James Barrat will discuss his up an coming book 'The Intelligence Explosion: When AI Beats Humans at Everything' at #FutureDay this year!
He is also the author of the best selling book 'Our Final Invention'
Link in the comments 🧵
He is also the author of the best selling book 'Our Final Invention'
Link in the comments 🧵
February 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Excited to announce that James Barrat will discuss his up an coming book 'The Intelligence Explosion: When AI Beats Humans at Everything' at #FutureDay this year!
He is also the author of the best selling book 'Our Final Invention'
Link in the comments 🧵
He is also the author of the best selling book 'Our Final Invention'
Link in the comments 🧵
Future Day - A day to think ahead - before the future thinks for us!
Join us for Future Day! 🧵link in the 1st comment
Join us for Future Day! 🧵link in the 1st comment
February 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Future Day - A day to think ahead - before the future thinks for us!
Join us for Future Day! 🧵link in the 1st comment
Join us for Future Day! 🧵link in the 1st comment
Just finished hosting a fascinating & inspiring discussion on 'The Darwinian Trap' /w Anders Sandberg & Kristian Rönn covering: game theory, the current AI arms races, moloch vs cooperative dynamics & solutions to seemingly intractable problems - I'll release it soon!
@arenamontanus.bsky.social
@arenamontanus.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just finished hosting a fascinating & inspiring discussion on 'The Darwinian Trap' /w Anders Sandberg & Kristian Rönn covering: game theory, the current AI arms races, moloch vs cooperative dynamics & solutions to seemingly intractable problems - I'll release it soon!
@arenamontanus.bsky.social
@arenamontanus.bsky.social
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Ryan and Savulescu: semaglutide should be an option generally made available to patients for weight loss within the limits of responsible ethical practice.
jme.bmj.com/content/earl...
jme.bmj.com/content/earl...
The Ethics of Ozempic and Wegovy
Semaglutide, sold under the brand names of Ozempic, Rybelsus and Wegovy, is one of the most popular drugs on the market. Manufactured by Novo Nordisk, semaglutide is the newest in a family of glucagon...
jme.bmj.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ryan and Savulescu: semaglutide should be an option generally made available to patients for weight loss within the limits of responsible ethical practice.
jme.bmj.com/content/earl...
jme.bmj.com/content/earl...
"It's not how well the system works, it's what happens when it fails that distinguishes a Utopia from a Dystopia"
Part of my interview with Cory Doctorow on Utopias in Fiction (Melbourne 2014)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1u2...
Part of my interview with Cory Doctorow on Utopias in Fiction (Melbourne 2014)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1u2...
January 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"It's not how well the system works, it's what happens when it fails that distinguishes a Utopia from a Dystopia"
Part of my interview with Cory Doctorow on Utopias in Fiction (Melbourne 2014)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1u2...
Part of my interview with Cory Doctorow on Utopias in Fiction (Melbourne 2014)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1u2...
I really enjoyed Iain M. Banks scifi novel The Player of Games - what grabbed me at the end was the chapter machina ex machina (machine form the machine) - which was a battle of ideologies. Definitely worth a read!
January 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I really enjoyed Iain M. Banks scifi novel The Player of Games - what grabbed me at the end was the chapter machina ex machina (machine form the machine) - which was a battle of ideologies. Definitely worth a read!