AGI Experts: We're About To Lose Control of AI Forever.. And We Aren’t Ready - The Beyond Tomorrow Podcast with Julian Issa | Lyssna här

What happens when AI becomes smarter than humanity and are we ready for it?

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The race toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is accelerating faster than most people realize. This conversation explores why some experts believe human-level AGI could arrive within just a few years and why the transition to superintelligence may happen even faster.

Ben Goertzel and Kai Zen Bickle dive into the biggest questions surrounding AGI, recursive self-improvement, and the technological singularity. They debate whether AI should be centralized or decentralized, who should guide its development, and why today's decisions could shape humanity for generations.

Rather than asking whether AGI can be built, the discussion focuses on how it should be built. The episode explores Beneficial General Intelligence (BGI), the importance of ethics, open collaboration, and why creating AI that serves humanity may be the most important challenge of our time.

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About the Guests

Ben Goertzel is an AI researcher, futurist, and CEO of SingularityNET and BGI Labs. Widely recognized as one of the pioneers of Artificial General Intelligence, he has spent more than two decades developing decentralized AI systems designed to benefit humanity.

Kai Zen Bickle is a Chief Ethics Officer at BGI Labs, a multiple award-winning ethics advocate and host of The AGI Race. He works to promote the ethical development of AI, bringing together researchers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers to help ensure advanced AI is built to benefit humanity.

What You’ll Learn