This video is pretty interesting in laying out the questions concerning AI and its implications. But not much new for anyone who has done any study of the ques

This video is pretty interesting in laying out the questions concerning AI and its implications. But not much new for anyone who has done any study of the questions but still worthwhile to hear it again in different forms and perspectives. One thing I notice about AI talks such as this one is that there is a lot of vague concepts and implicit assumptions (especially regarding values)and psychological projection going on when evaluating the implications of what AI will or will not do. To separate out our fears of failure or the fear of others more intelligent than ourselves someone needs to do the following thought experiment; What if we invented a pill that would make the next generation 10 times smarter than the current generation. If the average IQ is 100 then the next generation (of those who's parents opted to give them the pill) would have IQs of 1000 or an order of magnitude increase. Such a scenario would have all the "singularity" effects in a few generations while separating out all the confusion and problems of it being artificial intelligence and computers doing the thinking. Would you want this pill to be generally available or ban it? Would you give it to your kids? This approach would really force the AI discussion where it belongs. What are values and where do they come from? Is intelligence an unconditional value? Can values be defined rationally and scientifically and be proved? A major benefit to this aspect of AI research is that it will force the scientific study of values and ultimately to the rejection of the implicit assumption that values are subjective and not open to reason.