Does the malicious Hals idea keep you at night? Are you already on the waiting list for AI implants? Are you skeptical of the modern trend of binaryizing things and creating false controversy and erasing nuances? Our upcoming virtual reading group is perfect for you! We have put together the reading and listening of curious conversationalists, inspired by Las Robert’s Econtalk archives and this crazy, fast-moving technoscape around us.
What to expect
3 different sessions: 2 is asynchronous. 1 is on the zoom. Eat on one or all! The podcast paired (or read) with a brief article with knowledgeable welcoming discussion leaders: Dr. Joy Buchanan’s opening questions, honorable participants, challenging ideas, and perhaps new friend Siel Guest Russ Roberts
Meeting details
Session 1: May 5th-9th at the Liberty Fund Portal Space
Session 2: May 12th-16th at the Liberty Fund Portal Space
Session 3: Wednesday, May 21st. 2-3:30 PM Eastern Zoom
How to participate
If you are already a member of the Liberty Fund Portal Space, you can find more details here:
https://libertyfund.circle.so/c/timess-ertificial-intelligence-doom-or-bloom
If you are not a member already, you can follow the prompts to sign up using the link above.
If you have any questions, please contact Christy Lynn Hordedahl at Christy Lynn Hordedahl@libertyfund.org
Detailed session
Week 1: Timeless Reading Group: AI Doom
Part I of the series: “Artificial Intelligence: Doom or Boom?”
Asynchronous discussion focused on the negative consequences that can be owned by AI, such as unemployment, social anxiety, and existential risk. Participants will be invited to suggest special topics for another session, which will take place on May 21, 2025, from 2:00 to 3:30pm.
Econtalk: AI (2023) Eliezer Yudkowsky on the dangers of Econtalk: Who is afraid of artificial intelligence? (2025) “Trurl’s Electronic Bard” (1965) by Stanisław Lem.
In this visionary short story, scientists build a machine for writing poetry. Family sounds? (If you join the Life and Fate Reading Club with Russ Roberts and Tyler Cowen, there are similarities between Lem’s work and Vasily Grossman’s “Life and Fate” (1959) as Biperc emerged from Eastern European intellectual traditions during the Cold War.)
Week 2: Timeless Reading Group: AI Boom
Part II of the series, “Artificial Intelligence: Doom or Boom?”
Asynchronous discussions focused on AI benefits, including increasing economic growth and new discoveries. Participants will be invited to suggest special topics for another session, which will take place on May 21, 2025, from 2:00 to 3:30pm.
Week 3: AI Common Room
Part III of the series “Artificial Intelligence: Doom or Boom?”
Virtual meetings on Zoom, May 21, 2025, 2-3:30pm Eastern, special topics such as education.
