The rise of machine culture - Many Minds
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- The rise of machine culture
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- <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">The machines are coming. Scratch that—they're already here: AIs that propose new combinations of ideas; chatbots that help us summarize texts or write code; algorithms that tell us who to friend or follow, what to watch or read. For a while the reach of intelligent machines may have seemed somewhat limited. But not anymore—or, at least, not for much longer. The presence of AI is growing, accelerating, and, for better or worse, human culture may never be the same. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">My guest today is <a href="https://www.rahwan.me/">Dr. Iyad Rahwan</a>. Iyad directs the <a href="https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/chm/">Center for Humans and Machines</a> at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. Iyad is a bit hard to categorize. He's equal parts computer scientist and artist; one magazine profile described him as "<a href= "https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-anthropologist-of-artificial-intelligence-20190826/">the Anthropologist of AI</a>." Labels aside, his work explores the emerging relationships between AI, human behavior, and society. In a <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01742-2">recent paper</a>, Iyad and colleagues introduced a framework for understanding what they call "machine culture." The framework offers a way of thinking about the different routes through which AI may transform—<em>is</em> transforming—human culture. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Here, Iyad and I talk about his work as a painter and how he brings AI into the artistic process. We discuss whether AIs can make art by themselves and whether they may eventually develop good taste. We talk about how AIphaGoZero upended the world of Go and about how LLMs might be changing how we speak. We consider what AIs might do to cultural diversity. We discuss the field of cultural evolution and how it provides tools for thinking about this brave new age of machine culture. Finally, we discuss whether any spheres of human endeavor will remain untouched by AI influence. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Before we get to it, a humble request: If you're enjoying the show—and it seems that many of you are—we would be ever grateful if you could let the world know. You might do this by leaving a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, or maybe a comment on Spotify. You might do this by giving us a shout-out on the social media platform of your choice. Or, if you prefer less algorithmically mediated avenues, you might do this just by telling a friend about us face-to-face. We're hoping to grow the show and the best way to do that is through listener endorsements and word-of-mouth. Thanks in advance, friends.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Alright, on to my conversation with Dr. Iyad Rahwan. Enjoy!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">A transcript of this episode will be available soon.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal;">
- Publication Date
- 2024-10-31T03:42:00+00:00
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- completed
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- https://manyminds.libsyn.com/the-rise-of-machine-culture
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- 80:16
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- /podcasts/Many Minds/1730346120-4917.mp3
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- 72.84 MB
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- 123-VBR
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