Thinking Machines: AI & Philosophy

Thinking Machines: AI & Philosophy Trailer Bonus Episode null Season 1

On Emotionally Intelligent AI (with Chris Gagne, Hume AI)

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Chris Gagne manages AI research at Hume, which just released an expressive text-to-speech model in a super impressive demo. Chris and Daniel discuss AI and emotional understanding:
  • How does “prosody” add a dimension to human communication? What is Hume hoping to gain by adding it to Human-AI communication?
  • Do we want to interact with AI like we interact with humans? Or should the interaction models be different?
  • Are we entering the Uncanny Valley phase of emotionally intelligent AI?
  • Do LLMs actually have the ability to reason about emotions? Does it matter?
  • What do we risk, by empowering AI with emotional understanding? Are there risks from deception and manipulation? Or even a loss of human agency?

Creators & Guests

Host
Daniel Reid Cahn
Founder @ Slingshot - AI for all, not just Goliath

What is Thinking Machines: AI & Philosophy?

“Thinking Machines,” hosted by Daniel Reid Cahn, bridges the worlds of artificial intelligence and philosophy - aimed at technical audiences. Episodes explore how AI challenges our understanding of topics like consciousness, free will, and morality, featuring interviews with leading thinkers, AI leaders, founders, machine learning engineers, and philosophers. Daniel guides listeners through the complex landscape of artificial intelligence, questioning its impact on human knowledge, ethics, and the future.

We talk through the big questions that are bubbling through the AI community, covering topics like "Can AI be Creative?" and "Is the Turing Test outdated?", introduce new concepts to our vocabulary like "human washing," and only occasionally agree with each other.

Daniel is a machine learning engineer who misses his time as a philosopher at King's College London. Daniel is the cofounder and CEO of Slingshot AI, building the foundation model for psychology.