Zack Kass
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Zack Kass is an AI futurist and speaker who has appeared as a guest on podcasts such as Modern Wisdom. He is known for discussing the future of artificial intelligence and what the world will look like in the coming decades.
What Zack Kass has said on podcasts
20 statements
Political protection will slow AI and robotics progress.
“political protection is the thing that's going to slow progress.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 1:30
Most people’s daily lives will remain similar to today’s by 2040.
“Most people's Tuesdays will probably feel, for better or worse, a whole lot like Tuesday this week.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 1:34
Hospital experiences will probably remain poor in 2040.
“going into the hospital will probably still suck.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 7:21
AI-era science will probably discover cures for diseases by 2040.
“But we will probably discover cures for diseases.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 7:37
Government restrictions on AI and robotics will be aggressive.
“I think it will be aggressive”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 8:58
Truck-driver unions will secure political protection from automation.
“drivers will be protected? No, I think truck drivers will be the strength of the union”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 9:36
Friends, family, and physical community are humanity’s most reliable sources of joy.
“the thing that gives humans consistently the most true joy in this world is time with friends and family and physical community”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 19:11
AI-driven dehumanization is one of the two major future risks.
“The two big risks to cut to the chase. Dehumanization.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 21:25
Gen Alpha uses devices and social media less than Gen Z.
“Gen Alpha is using the device less and social media less.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 26:36
Youth cognitive decline began around 2012 alongside widespread smartphone access.
“The data suggests that actually this starts 2012, right about the time that we gave every kid a screen.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 37:06
Deepfake harms are already severe and substantially underreported.
“the deepfake problem is already so pernicious and it's underreported”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 50:39
Pausing frontier AI development for three years could substantially improve the economy.
“if we didn't build the frontier for another three years, we could radically change and improve the economy.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 1:05:36
China provides a model for technological diffusion that can be separated from authoritarianism.
“They've given us a blueprint to actually distribute technology without the totalitarianism.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 1:21:13
Cheaper, better goods generally result from removing human labor from production.
“when someone says how and when will this good or service be better, faster or cheaper? What they're actually asking is when will a human be extricated from the manufacturing of this good or service”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 1:35:30
AI-mediated simulated relationships are a more plausible dystopia than humanoid robots.
“The actual dystopia that I always talk about is not the one. It's not Blade Runner, it's her.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 1:40:13
People are increasingly returning from digital environments to physical experiences.
“the return to the physical world is happening pretty radically.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 1:52:47
Advertising pornography or gambling to 13-year-olds should be prohibited.
“A 13 year old should not be served an ad for porn or gambling. Period.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 1:57:41
Deepfake attacks against senior citizens should carry life imprisonment.
“Senior citizens. If you attack a senior citizen using deepfake like prison for life”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 1:57:46
A technically aligned AI could still cause severe soft psychological or spiritual harm.
“you could build a perfectly aligned model that actually falls inside alignment boundaries, that convinces people to climb crazy trees and that really destroys people's spiritual lives.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 2:01:13
AI will eventually experience a major public safety disaster.
“I think we are due for a Chernobyl or Three Mile Island.”
Open the episode · AI DEBATE: What Will the World Actually Look Like in 2040? - #1138Listen at 2:26:35
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