Debate on AGI: Utopia or Apocalypse?

(Hat tip to Blogging the Singularity and a big thanks to Jeriaska for filming and posting the debate) Utopia or Artilect War? A debate between J. Storrs Hall and Hugo de Garis. J. Storrs Hall, president of the Foresight Institute, takes the position in this debate that the rise of artificial intelligence levels will create a utopia for humanity. Hugo de Garis, Wuhan University, China, takes the opposite position, namely that the rise of godlike massively intelligent machines will be catastrophic for humanity, leading to the worst, most passionate war humanity has ever known, using late 21st century weapons, killing billions of people.

This debate between J. Storrs Hall and Hugo de Garis took place at the 2nd AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) conference, 2009

First - J. Storrs Hall - Utopia

AGI: The Pathway to a Much, Much Better World from Jeriaska on Vimeo.

Second - Hugo de Garis - Artilect War

Engineered Utopia or Artilect War? from Jeriaska on Vimeo.

Rebuttals -

Future of AGI Debate - Rebuttal from Jeriaska on Vimeo.

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