Eric on Big Think: AI Can Now Self-Reproduce — Should Humans Be Worried?

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Those among us who fear world domination at the metallic hands of super-intelligent AI have gotten a few steps ahead of themselves. We might actually be outsmarted first by fairly dumb AI, says Eric Weinstein. Humans rarely create products…

Eric on Big Think: Embrace Contradictory Ideas to Reach New Intellectual Heights

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We know it’s a myth that “humans only use 10% of their brains,” but there might be a function of your mind that you’re neglecting to use: its sandboxes. Eric Weinstein borrows this term from computer science to explain the potential…

Eric on Big Think: Genius Is Not about Excelling at Something—It’s about Doing Things Differently

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We want our surgeons to be excellent. We wants our classical music performers to be excellent. But do we really want excellence everywhere? This is the provocative line of thought economist and mathematician Eric Weinstein is currently chasing.…