📚 2 Books mentioned in "Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #367" of Lex Fridman Podcast
Podcast: Lex Fridman Podcast
Episode: Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #367
Published on March 25, 2023
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
1984
Buy 1984 by George Orwell on Amazon
The power to suffocate the human spirit in a totalitarian way like in George Orwell's '1984', or the pleasure-fueled mass hysteria of 'Brave New World', where, as Huxley saw it, people come to love their oppression and adore the technologies that undermine their capacities to think.
In this segment, Lex Fridman highlights George Orwell's '1984' as a cautionary tale about the potential dangers of totalitarianism, especially in relation to the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence.
Brave New World
Buy Brave New World by Aldous Huxley on Amazon
The power to suffocate the human spirit in a totalitarian way like in George Orwell's '1984', or the pleasure-fueled mass hysteria of 'Brave New World', where, as Huxley saw it, people come to love their oppression and adore the technologies that undermine their capacities to think.
In this segment, Lex Fridman discusses 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley, contrasting it with Orwell's '1984'. He highlights how Huxley foresaw a society where people are lulled into oppression by technology, illustrating the dangers of unrestrained AI advances.