Brendan McCord，Cosmos Institute的创始人，探讨了Cosmos Institute的起源，技术人员如何追求哲学，人工智能的不同学派，复杂适应系统等等。Cosmos Institute是一个非营利组织，致力于探索人工智能与哲学的交汇点。Brendan McCord在节目中分享了他对Cosmos Institute的起源、技术人员如何追求哲学、人工智能的不同学派、复杂适应系统等等的看法。

👨‍🏫 **Cosmos Institute 的起源：**Cosmos Institute 旨在探索人工智能与哲学的交汇点，创始人 Brendan McCord 认为哲学是理解人工智能的关键，并希望通过 Cosmos Institute 促进人工智能领域更深层的思考和辩论。

🤖 **人工智能的不同学派：** Brendan McCord 认为人工智能领域存在着不同的学派，例如以 Eliezer Yudkowsky 为代表的理性主义学派，以及以 Yann LeCun 为代表的实用主义学派。他认为，不同的学派代表着不同的价值观和目标，对人工智能的发展方向有着不同的影响。

🌍 **复杂适应系统：** Brendan McCord 认为人工智能系统是复杂适应系统，它们会随着时间的推移而不断进化和改变。他认为，我们需要理解这些系统的复杂性，才能更好地预测和控制它们。

🧬 **哲学与代码的管道：** Brendan McCord 认为哲学可以为人工智能的发展提供指导，他提出了“哲学到代码的管道”，即通过哲学思考来指导人工智能的开发。他认为，哲学可以帮助我们更好地理解人工智能的伦理问题，以及如何构建更负责任和更安全的人工智能。

📈 **人工智能的未来：** Brendan McCord 对人工智能的未来持乐观态度，他认为人工智能可以帮助我们解决许多社会问题，例如医疗保健、教育和环境保护。他认为，我们应该积极拥抱人工智能，并努力将其用于造福人类。

🏆 **人才与风险：** Brendan McCord 认为，人工智能的发展需要大量的人才，但他同时也担心人工智能带来的风险，例如失业和武器化。他认为，我们需要谨慎地发展人工智能，并确保它能够造福人类。

Brendan McCord is the founder of Cosmos Institute — a non-profit dedicated to exploring the intersection of AI and philosophy.

Brendan joins the show to discuss Cosmos’ origins, the pursuit of philosophy as a technologist, the different schools of thought in AI, complex adaptive systems and MUCH more!

Important Links:

Brendan McCord’s Reading List Cosmos Institute Substack Brendan’s Twitter

Show Notes:

The Genesis of the Cosmos Institute Philosophy as a Quixotic Pursuit The Man of the System Dilemma Existential Risk & Scenario Agnosticism The AI Schools of Thought The Religious Nature of the E/Acc Movement What Tocqueville Can Teach Us About AI The Philosophy-to-Code Pipeline “Cars ignited the Sexual Revolution” and Other Unexpected Occurrences The Best Systems are Adaptive Heterogeneity & Resilient Systems Open Source and the US-China Situation Automation, Augmentation & Open-Ended Generation The Underrated Nuance of Russian Realism Cinematic Visions of the Future Great Talent & the Risk of the Tasmanian Devil Brendan as Emperor of the World MORE!

Books Mentioned:

Murray Rothbard, “For A New Liberty” David R. Hawkins, “Power vs. Force” Jung Chang, “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China” Jung Chang, “Mao: The Unknown Story” Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, “The Gulag Archipelago” Arthur Koestler, “Darkness At Noon” Adam Smith, “The Theory of Moral Sentiments” Lewis Carroll, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” Lewis Carroll, “What the Tortoise Said To Achilles” Eliezer Yudkowsky, “Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality” Marc Andreessen, “The Techno-Optimist Manifesto” Alexis De Tocqueville, “Democracy in America” 'Pericles's Funeral Oration' quoted in Thucydides’ “History of the Peloponnesian War”. Plato, “Theaetetus” Plato, “The Republic” Nietzsche, “The Gay Science” C.P Snow, “The Two Cultures” Elinor Ostrom, “Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action” James M. Buchanan, "Freedom in Constitutional Contract: Perspectives of a Political Economist” Iain M. Banks, “Consider Phlebas” (Culture Series #1) Chen Qiufan and Kai-Fu Lee, “AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future” Christopher Buckley, “Thank You for Smoking” John Stuart Mill, “On Liberty”