{"id":161708,"date":"2023-04-07T18:23:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T23:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/the-philosophy-of-a-i-easily-explained-what-is-artificial-intelligence-its-implications"},"modified":"2023-04-07T18:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T23:23:48","slug":"the-philosophy-of-a-i-easily-explained-what-is-artificial-intelligence-its-implications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/the-philosophy-of-a-i-easily-explained-what-is-artificial-intelligence-its-implications","title":{"rendered":"The Philosophy of A.I. Easily Explained \u2014 What is Artificial Intelligence &amp; Its Implications?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B0yZ9LYkdas?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video will cover the philosophy of artificial intelligence, the branch of philosophy that explores what artificial intelligence specifically is, and other philosophical questions surrounding it like; Can a machine act intelligently? Is the human brain essentially a computer? Can a machine be alive like a human is? Can it have a mind and consciousness? Can we build A.I. and align it with our values and ethics? If so, what ethical systems do we choose?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re going to be covering all those equations and possible answers to them in what will hopefully be an easy-to-understand, 101-style manner.<\/p>\n<p>== Subscribe for more videos like this on YouTube and turn on the notification bell to get more videos: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/thinkingdeeply\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/thinkingdeeply<\/a> ==<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Introduction.<br \/> 0:45 What is Artificial Intelligence?<br \/> 1:13 Rene Descartes.<br \/> 2:11 Alan Turing &amp; the \u2018Turing Test\u2019<br \/> 3:42 A.I.M.A. &amp; A.I.<br \/> 4:45 Intelligent Agents.<br \/> 5:40 Newell\u2019s Definition.<br \/> 6:26 Weak A.I. vs Strong A.I.<br \/> 7:31 Narrow A.I. vs General A.I. vs Super Intelligence.<br \/> 10:00 Computationalism.<br \/> 10:44 Approaches to A.I.<br \/> 13:32 Can a Machine Have Consciousness?<br \/> 14:23 The \u2018Chinese Room\u2019<br \/> 16:30 Critical Responses.<br \/> 17:18 The \u2018Hard Problem of Consciousness\u2019<br \/> 18:47 Philosophical Zombies.<br \/> 21:20 New Questions in the Philosophy of A.I.<br \/> 21:34 Singularitarianism.<br \/> 24:40 A.I. Alignment.<br \/> 26:45 The Orthogonality Thesis.<br \/> 27:36 The Ethics of A.I.<br \/> 30:56 Conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Descartes, 1,637, R., in Haldane, E. and Ross, G.R.T., translators, 1911, The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Volume 1, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n<p>Russell, S. &amp; Norvig, P., 2009, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach 3rd edition, Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/the-philosophy-of-a-i-easily-explained-what-is-artificial-intelligence-its-implications\">Continue reading \u201cThe Philosophy of A.I. 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