Ep 564: Dr. Ben Goertzel: The Road to Creating Benevolent Decentralized AGI

What's at stake for humanity amid the arms race to AGI? Dr. Ben Goertzel should know. He legit coined the term AGI. 🤖 The legendary AI leader is sounding the alarm: leaving Artificial General Intelligence in corporate or military hands could plunge humanity into chaos. Ben joins Everyday AI to reveal the high-stakes gamble we're making with AGI, why decentralized control is our last shot at sanity, and how our actions right now could mean the difference between utopia and disaster. No biggie, right? lolz. Join us to find out: ↳ Why Big Tech AGI could lead to global instability ↳ How Decentralized AI as the ONLY path away from catastrophe ↳ How you can shape AI's explosive trajectory—today Stop scrolling. Listen, or regret it later. Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletter More on this Episode: Episode Page Join the discussion: Thoughts on this? Join the convo and connect with other AI leaders on LinkedIn. Upcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineup Website: YourEverydayAI.com Email The Show: info@youreverydayai.com Connect with Jordan on LinkedIn Topics Covered in This Episode: Decentralized AGI Development Challenges Ensuring AGI Benefits Society Definition Evolution of Artificial General Intelligence Historical Context of AGI Development Human-Level AGI vs Superintelligence AGI Impact on Global Geopolitics Ethical Concerns with AGI Development AGI's Role in Education & Longevity Timestamps: 00:00 "Ensuring AGI Benefits Everyone" 03:23 Rethinking AI for Human Benefit 06:35 "Decentralized AI through Internet Protocols" 10:52 Defining AGI's Mathematical Vagueness 14:29 "Humans: The Minimum Intelligence Threshold" 17:56 "Achieving AI ROI Made Simple" 22:11 "Path to Benevolent Superintelligence" 25:50 AGI Arms Race: US vs. China 27:24 AGI Development and Global Power Dynamics 32:07 AI Enhancing Education for Dyslexics 34:23 AI Tools: Dual-Use for Data Analysis 37:34 "Empowering Participation in AI Future" Keywords: Artificial General Intelligence, AGI, decentralized AI, benevolent decentralized AGI, SingularityNET, Ben Goertzel, human-level AGI, superintelligence, AI for human benefit, AI ethics, AI arms race, AI development, AI systems, AI and geopolitics, AI and military use, AI in medicine, AI in education, AI and intelligence explosion, time to fume, LLMs, large language models, machine reasoning, evolutionary learning, neurosymbolic AI, biomedical research, AI tools, AI in robotics, AI robots, future of AI, AI and creativity, AI in everyday life, global AI economy, AI and productivity, AI acceleration, beneficial singularity, AGI definitions, AI ethics, AI risks, AGI conference, Reykjavik. Ep 564: Dr. Ben Goertze Send Everyday AI and Jordan a text message. (We can't reply back unless you leave contact info) Ready for ROI on GenAI? Go to youreverydayai.com/partner