Why should you care about AI? Inspirational topics about economic revolution, the singularity, consciousness, and fear.
## Resources
- The Singularity Is Near (http://amzn.to/2lzCqKk) `audio:easy`
- Philosophy of Mind: Brains, Consciousness, and Thinking Machines (Audible (http://amzn.to/2kQGgk5), TGC (https://goo.gl/fDteyi)) `audio:easy`
- Superintelligence (http://amzn.to/2lzLcrL) `audio:easy` doom-and-gloom favorite of Musk, Gates, Hawking.
## Episode
Economics / Automation
- Mental automation (Tax prep; x-rays, surgeons; cars; law; programmers, designers, logos; music, art)
- Is your job safe? (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34066941)
- Universal basic income
Singularity (AGI; Singularity; Next stage of evolution)
Consciousness (Functionalism / Computational Theory of Mind / Simulations)
The Scare
- Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
- Bill Gates, Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk ^
