AI Expert on Robot Girlfriends, If Humanity Is Cooked, & Sam Altman's God Fetish | Roman Yampolskiy

YERRR – the boys go full Skynet. AI expert Roman Yampolskiy, is a renowned computer scientist at the University of Louisville, explains why the UN’s ignoring AI safety, how Sam Altman’s “God complex” might get us all killed, whether we can actually unplug AI, and what happens when AI takes our jobs. All that and more on this special bonus episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE. 00:00 Intro 1:03 Speaking at the UN + AI Safety 2:39 Current state of AI + Worst case scenario 7:29 AI art & AI jokes are bad 13:52 Mass employment + Hunger strike 19:12 UBI & Freedom + Superintelligence 21:32 Doomsday scenario 26:18 What is the best case scenario? 27:18 Other doomsday scenarios + Why speak out? 30:47 Alignment + we’re all F-ed 35:01 Physical limits to AI + Amish were right 38:36 Globalisation of ethics 40:41 What can we do? 45:28 Should we use AI? Live your life 48:46 Self-preservation + Same priorities 57:20 Neuralink + Integration 1:00:04 Best media + Simulations & Religion 1:07:12 Can you measure consciousness? 1:08:58 How do you feel happiness? 1:10:20 Does AI help us solve all problems? Purpose 1:14:41 At risk jobs + Advice for his kids 1:17:05 Is he here to disrupt US AI advancement? Privacy 1:20:58 Living forever + No-one’s listening 1:23:13 AI leaders’ motivation + Sam Altman 1:26:01 Billionaires building bunkers + Robot Rapture 1:30:54 Common AI tools to use, Students + Human graders 1:34:01 Self-preservation is universal + BE NICE! 1:37:57 Finding funniest AI joke This episode is sponsored by Sesh