Is the Future of Intelligence AGI?

Artificial Intelligence is a concept of building a machine capable of thinking, acting, and learning like humans. There is some debate about what Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) actually is – or could be - and even if something approaching AGI is achievable or even desirable.  But let’s go with this: AGI is the intelligence of a machine that could successfully perform any intellectual task that a human being can.

So in this episode of the podcast, I want to take stock of where we are in the development of AGI, the ethical considerations, and the possibilities that achievement of AGI may present to society in the future.

To have this discussion, I am delighted to welcome back to the podcast futurist speaker, analyst, commentator, and author David Wood. To listen to the podcast on You Tube, click below https://youtu.be/c0R0M2UDjSY or listen on Spotify’s Anchor Platform.  

You can learn more about David and his work as follows:

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dw2cco
Twitter https://twitter.com/dw2
London Futurists https://londonfuturists.com
Future Surge: https://futuresurge.org
London Futurists Podcast: https://londonfuturists.buzzsprout.com
Books:
Vital Foresight –The Case for Active Transhumanism (available via Amazon) 
The SingularityPrinciples - Anticipating and Managing Cataclysmically Disruptive Technologies (Pre-publication review) 

The Informing Choices Mini-Pod is available on the following platforms:

Anchor https://anchor.fm/steve-wells-futurist 
Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/informing-choices-mini-pod/id1536985114 
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YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIxf6tAhDzmP9QuhPwja1UH4ivsx-YTh9 
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Credits:
Image https://pixabay.com/illustrations/data-robot-brain-humanoid-mind-7473235
Intro music Aleksandr Karabanov https://pixabay.com/music/introoutro-stomp-logo-3-13783
Outro music Yuri Gagarin https://pixabay.com/music/beats-birds-in-the-trees-1176

 

Informing Choices Mini-Pod – The Future of Internet Entrepreneurship

Two things seem destined to play and increasingly significant part of life, society, and business into the future; entrepreneurship and the Internet. Both will be critical as society navigates a new landscape post pandemic. But how do these issues come together and together. How might they impact the future?

To talk about The Future of Internet Entrepreneurship, Internet entrepreneur and international speaker Suraj Sodha and I discussed:

• The importance of entrepreneurship to society in the future
• The future evolution of the Internet
• The role that automation might play in the future of entrepreneurship and the connection between new business ideas and job-creation
• The technologies seen as critical enablers to the future of internet
• How Internet entrepreneurship could contribute to a more human future

You can listen to the podcast on You Tube by clicking below or on the Anchor podcast platform, here. 

You can learn more about Suraj and his work on LinkedIn  and his website. 

Image Source: Gerd Altmann https://pixabay.com/illustrations/entrepreneur-network-idea-5165842/