This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ .   See AI and the future of humanity through the eyes of an extraordinary thinker: Science fiction author and scientist David Brin is here to expand our minds with his creative and thought-provoking insights. Author of bestsellers such as The Postman, Earth, Existence, and the Uplift series, David also has a PhD in astronomy and consults to organizations ranging from the CIA to Google. What he does for them is get them to open their minds to new possibilities, and that's what he does for us, talking about the role of science fiction, where the real danger from AI will emerge from and why, how superintelligence was treated in Foundation's Triumph, his sequel to Asimov's series, and the systems of power that control our future today. Yes, it's a lot to take in! All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines. Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.        

Today's leading minds talk AI with host Byron Reese In this episode Byron and David discuss intelligence, consciousness, Moore's Law, and an AI crisis. Today's leading minds talk AI with host Byron Reese Byron Reese: This is Voices in AI brought to you by GigaOm, and I'm Byron Reese. Today our guest is David Brin. He is best-known for shining light--both plausibly and entertainingly--on technology, society, and countless challenges confronting our rambunctious civilization. His best-selling novels include The Postman, which was filmed in '97, plus explorations of our near-future in Earth and Existence.

Futurists and science fiction authors often give us overly grim visions of the future, especially when it comes to the Singularity and the risks of artificial superintelligence. Scifi novelist David Brin talked to us about why these dire predictions are often simplistic and unreasonable. Our civilisation faces no shortage of risks in the foreseeable future, from the devastating effects of climate change to the myriad number of technological hazards set to appear in the near future. Among these existential threats, perhaps none is more frightening than the prospect of artificial superintelligence. Its advent could knock us from our perch, forever delegating us to a secondary role, or worse, complete irrelevance.