Episode 40: Crungus Among Us (with Alex Kiefer)
Pete Mandik is joined by philosopher and AI researcher Alex Kiefer (Monash University) to discuss some newsworthy Artificial Intelligence projects, especially Language Models such as LaMDA, DALL-E, and GPT-3. What are the spiciest possible takes on these systems, and is any take too spicy for Alex or Pete? How much of so-called human intelligence and consciousness is just a language game disconnected from reality? What’s a CRUNGUS, and how many are among us? Whose art will you consume when non-humans get better at making it than humans? And whose podcasts?
Watch the video of this discussion here: https://youtu.be/ASYDMgMfCtk
Alex Kiefer’s webpage http://alexbkiefer.net
Alex Kiefer’s music (as exileFakir): https://exilefaker.bandcamp.com
WaPo story about Google engineer Blake Lemoine and LaMDA: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/
SpaceTimeMind Episode 28: Psychedelic Artificial Neural Networks: http://www.spacetimemind.com/blog/2015/6/30/episode-28-psychedelic-artificial-neural-networks
Behold!: The Crungus: https://www.iflscience.com/nothing-to-worry-about-dall-e-has-created-a-new-cryptid-named-crungus-64118
AI Can Now Generate DMT Visuals, Thanks To This Online Community: https://doubleblindmag.com/ai-can-now-generate-dmt-visuals/
Intelligence Unbound: The Future of Uploaded and Machine Minds: https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/intelligence-unbound-the-future-of-uploaded-and-machine-minds/
Quiet Karate Reflex: https://quietkaratereflex.bandcamp.com
Additional info and credits:
Intro narration: Rachelle Mandik rachellemandik.com
Movie clip quote from: Space Men - Assignment Outer Space Space (1960):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-Men
SpaceTimeMind Theme Song, Intro Version: Richard Brown on Drums and Pete Mandik on everything else.
Mid-episode break music: Ockham’s Chainsaw by Alex Kiefer (as exileFakir): https://exilefaker.bandcamp.com/track/ockhams-chainsaw-2
SpaceTimeMind Theme Song, Outro Version: Pete Mandik