Could AI Help Solve Philosophy? (with Wei Dai)

Wei Dai is a computer engineer known for his work in cryptography and cryptocurrency systems, and for his long-standing contributions to AI safety, decision theory, and metaphilosophy.

He joined Forethought’s Fin Moorhouse to discuss:

• Do we need to solve ‘metaphilosophy’ before we can trust AIs to answer crucial questions about the long-run future?
• Is it inevitable that the wisdom of the frontier AIs (their philosophical and strategic competence) will lag dangerously behind their raw capabilities in coding, math, and science?
• How do status games distort morally important decisions and conversations, including about the future of AI?
• How worried should we be about AI superpersuasion?
• The concept of “illegible problems”: crucially important issues that aren’t on almost anyone’s radar
• Is philosophical convergence necessary for a good future, or is institutional design enough?
• Wei Dai’s personal intellectual and career journey

To respect Wei’s privacy, this episode’s audio is an AI narration of a transcript of a real conversation, which was edited for clarity.

You can read a full transcript here.

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