AI Is Human, Not Artificial - Reframing Intelligence Through Social Modeling and Symbiosis

Explore a thought-provoking seminar where Google's CTO of Technology and Society, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, challenges conventional perspectives on artificial intelligence by reframing it through the lens of social modeling, intersubjectivity, and symbiosis. Discover how the discourse around AI often portrays it as alien and inscrutable, while Agüera presents compelling arguments for viewing AI as fundamentally human rather than artificial. Examine new perspectives on life and evolution, the intricate relationship between humans and technology, and profound questions about free will and consciousness. Learn how the breakthrough in creating "real" AI with general capabilities in the 2020s emerged not only from computational neuroscience but also from large-scale modeling of human language, which Agüera describes as the "DNA" of our collective intelligence. Gain insights into the deep and largely positive implications of this reframing of intelligence, and engage with the philosophical and practical considerations of AI development through both the main presentation and an extensive Q&A session that follows the lecture.