Discusses technological progress broadly and its implications for humanity's trajectory. Covers synthetic biology, space exploration, computation, emerging technologies, forecasting, and how science and innovation shape possible futures.
Jeffrey Ding discusses the diffusion and innovation of AI, US-China relations in AI development, Chinese perspectives on AI safety, and the impact of translating Chinese AI research to bridge global knowledge gaps.
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On this episode, Allison Duettmann joins me to discuss centralized versus decentralized AI, how international governance could shape AI's trajectory, how we might cooperate with future AIs, and the role of AI in improving human decision-making.
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On this episode, Steven Byrnes joins me to discuss brain-like AGI safety.
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On this episode, Ege Erdil from Epoch AI joins me to discuss their new GATE model of AI development, what evolution and brain efficiency tell us about AGI requirements, how AI might impact wages and labor markets, and what it takes to train models with long-term planning.
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In this special episode, we feature Nathan Labenz interviewing Nicholas Carlini on the Cognitive Revolution podcast.
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On this episode, I interview Anthony Aguirre, Executive Director of the Future of Life Institute, about his new essay Keep the Future Human: https://keepthefuturehuman.ai AI companies are explicitly working toward AGI and are likely to succeed soon, possibly within years. Keep the Future Huma...
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On this episode, physicist and hedge fund manager Samir Varma joins me to discuss whether AIs could have free will (and what that means), the emerging field of AI psychology, and which concepts they might rely on.
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On this episode, Jeffrey Ladish from Palisade Research joins me to discuss the rapid pace of AI progress and the risks of losing control over powerful systems.
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Ann Pace joins the podcast to discuss the work of Wise Ancestors.
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David "davidad" Dalrymple joins the podcast to explore Safeguarded AI — an approach to ensuring the safety of highly advanced AI systems.
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Nick Allardice joins the podcast to discuss how GiveDirectly uses AI to target cash transfers and predict natural disasters.
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