In this episode:

  • Calum Chase on AI and Singularity
  • The Economic Singularity Explained
  • The Future of Jobs and Skills
  • Planning for a Post-Job Economy
  • The Role of Education in an AI-Driven World
  • Calum Chase’s Journey and Conscious AI

Transcript

Aidan McCullen: Today’s guest argues that in the course of this century, the exponential growth in the capability of AI is likely to bring about two singularities points at which conditions are so extreme that the normal rules break down.

The first is the economic singularity. When machines reach a level that renders many of us unemployable and requires an overhaul of our current economic and social systems. The second is the technological singularity. When machine intelligence reaches and then surpasses the cognitive abilities of an adult human, relegating us to the second smartest species on the planet, artificial intelligence can turn out to be the best thing ever to happen to humanity.

Making our future wonderful almost beyond imagination, but only if we address head-on challenges. It will raise. We welcome experts on artificial intelligence and its likely future impact on society and bestselling author of Artificial Intelligence and the two singularities surviving AI, our jobless future Pandora’s Brain and Pandora’s article, my friend Calum Chase.

Welcome to the show.

Calum Chace: Thank you, Aidan. What a lovely introduction. Lovely to see you again.

Aidan McCullen: Great to have you on the show, man. . It’s almost 10 years ago that we met and so much water’s been under the bridge. People are listening to you now. A lot has changed.

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