Ep 87 - The Ethics of AI

This week, we’re joined by returning guest Rob McKenzie, and first
time guest Dan McCreary to talk about the ethics of Artificial
Intelligence. What is AI, and what do we mean by concepts like
sentience? Why does so much sci-fi assume AI will be our enemy? And
what is the moral value of robotic life?

Rob McKenzie is a science fiction and fantasy reader and Magic the
Gathering judge from Minnesota. He is passionate about interesting
books, running great gaming events, and helping other people have
fun with their passions.

Dan McCreary has working with AI in professional and hobby settings
for many years. He is one of the co-founders of the AI Racing
League, MN, which brings Artificial Intelligence education to
underserved and underprivileged schools by teaching kids how to
build and race model cars controlled by AI.

The movie mentioned by Dan was, Colossus, the Forbin project -
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064177/

Matthew’s podcasting on Altered Carbon can be found here -
https://www.spreaker.com/show/bingers-assemble


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