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Breaking the Intelligence Curse (with Luke Drago)
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Breaking the Intelligence Curse (with Luke Drago)

Luke Drago discusses the potential societal and economic impacts of AI dominance, including changes in workplace structures, privacy concerns, and the importance of taking career risks during technological transitions.

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Show Notes

Luke Drago is the co-founder of Workshop Labs and co-author of the essay series "The Intelligence Curse". The essay series explores what happens if AI becomes the dominant factor of production thereby reducing incentives to invest in people. We explore pyramid replacement in firms, economic warning signs to monitor, automation barriers like tacit knowledge, privacy risks in AI training, and tensions between centralized AI safety and democratization. Luke discusses Workshop Labs' privacy-preserving approach and advises taking career risks during this technological transition.

"The Intelligence Curse" essay series by Luke Drago & Rudolf Laine: https://intelligence-curse.ai/
Luke's Substack: https://lukedrago.substack.com/
Workshop Labs: https://workshoplabs.ai/

CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Episode Preview
(00:55) Intelligence Curse Introduction
(02:55) AI vs Historical Technology
(07:22) Economic Metrics and Indicators
(11:23) Pyramid Replacement Theory
(17:28) Human Judgment and Taste
(22:25) Data Privacy and Control
(28:55) Dystopian Economic Scenario
(35:04) Resource Curse Lessons
(39:57) Culture vs Economic Forces
(47:15) Open Source AI Debate
(54:37) Corporate Mission Evolution
(59:07) AI Alignment and Loyalty
(01:05:56) Moonshots and Career Advice

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