Giuseppe Paolo

1:35 Screwdriver hands: how Giuseppe became a scientist.

6:07 Reinforcement learning (RL) explained to Giuseppe's grandma.

9:01 Model-based reinforcement learning: how to fry an egg.

10:45 The three components of model-based reinforcement learning: the actor, the model, and the planner.

16:29 Planning = thinking: ham & eggs and Google map

19:01 RL is responsible for collecting its own data

22:05 Vervaeke's first two Ps: propositional (GPT) and procedural (RL)

24:05 Fear from AI: the paperclip scenario, evil, indifference, and foolishness

28:19 Should we add agency into AI? Can we socialize AI as we do with kids?

32:22 Do we need to embody AI to align it? Can GPT bike? Is textual knowledge everything?

36:28 Why to aspire to the dream of creating AI? 1) Why not :)? 2) Curiosity. 3) To understand ourselves better.

41:52 How AI changed our lives. Recommendation engines, addiction, jujitsu, conspiracy theories, the attention economy.

49:12 Open source large language models. AI as a mirror. Individuation of LLMs.

51:16 Putting AI into things: they will individuate.

52:56 Vervaeke's 2nd person Turing test. Let GPTs talk to each other.

54:37 Could AI manipulate us?

56:11 Closing.

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