The Dangers of AI and Safety of Mutually Assured Destruction

George Dvorsky (@dvorsky) is a Canadian futurist, science writer, and ethicist that has written and spoken extensively about the impacts of cutting-edge science and technology—particularly as they pertain to the improvement of human performance and experience. He is also a senior staff reporter at the popular tech blog Gizmodo, a contributing editor at io9 where he writes about science, culture, and futurism and blogs at sentientdevelopments.com

George is a founding member of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, he is Chair of the Board and is the founder and program director for its Rights of Non-Human Persons program. In addition, George is the co-founder and president of the Toronto Transhumanist Association and has served on the Board of Directors for Humanity+ for two terms.

George’s work has been featured in such publications as The Guardian, the BBC, CBC, Forbes, the New York Times, Slate, Radio Free Europe, and al-Jazeera. Outside of work he is also an avid CrossFitter, an ancestral health enthusiast, and an accomplished music performer, composer, and recording engineer.

Listen and Learn:

How life extension and longevity affect society and the technologies ending aging
The dangers of AI and problems with containment
Why consciousness is such a hard problem and what it means for all of us
How George’s study of the past influences his views on the future
Why mutually assured destruction could become a thing again
The reason AI regulation is harder than it seems
Which technologies have George most excited today and why
Why tech ethics are so important going forward
What happens if and when we invent AGI
The problems and possibilities of exponential technology in today’s world