Ideas that speak for themselves.
Narrated visual stories about artificial intelligence—designed to make complex ideas clear, memorable, and worth discussing.
Questions worth sitting with.
One idea per presentation. Understand the dilemma, consider another perspective, and hear what it means for AI.
▶ Explore the ideaBenevolent Dictator
If an AI could make everyone’s life better, should it get the final say?
▶ Explore the ideaMary’s Room
A scientist knows every physical fact about color. What changes when she finally sees it?
▶ Explore the ideaThe Value Loading Problem
How do we give AI human values when humans disagree about what matters?
▶ Explore the ideaThe Paperclip Maximizer
An ordinary objective becomes an extraordinary danger when everything else stops counting.
▶ Explore the ideaThe AI Stop-Button Problem
Why might a goal-seeking system resist shutdown, and how could it accept correction?
▶ Explore the ideaThe Chinese Room
A room gives convincing answers using rules alone. Where, if anywhere, is the understanding?
Start with the introductions.
Start the narration, use the arrow keys at your own pace, or open the overview to jump between chapters.
▶ Open presentationWhat is AI?
How artificial intelligence can help in everyday life, how to work smarter, and the choices that could shape where it goes next—including the benevolent dictator problem.
▶ Open presentationCan a Machine Understand?
A visual journey through the benevolent dictator, Mary's Room, the Chinese Room, alignment, consciousness, and the moral status of future machines.