Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber on the Future of AI and the Existential Risk of Safetyism

06/19/23 • 93 min

Byrne Hobart (@byrnehobart) and Tobias Huber (@TobiasAHuber) join Patrick Blumenthal (@PatrickJBlum) to discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence. They cover:

Is AI going to kill us? Is AI going to take all of our jobs and cause massive inequality? Is it going to destroy truth?
Is it better to be a tech incumbent or a startup right now?
Is the future of software one-time-use?
What are the consequences of negative mainstream media coverage of AI?
Will model interpretability increase or decrease over time?
Will AI be subject to regulatory capture? Will it be over regulated?
What would the civilizational consequences of an AI ban be?
What are the realistic trade offs of AI? What turmoil will it cause?
How should DC approach regulating AI?
What is the optimistic vision for AI?
Is China ahead or behind the US in AI progress?
How should people prepare themselves for AI?

Byrne Hobart (@byrnehobart) and Tobias Huber (@TobiasAHuber) join Patrick Blumenthal (@PatrickJBlum) to discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence. They cover:

Is AI going to kill us? Is AI going to take all of our jobs and cause massive inequality? Is it going to destroy truth?
Is it better to be a tech incumbent or a startup right now?
Is the future of software one-time-use?
What are the consequences of negative mainstream media coverage of AI?
Will model interpretability increase or decrease over time?
Will AI be subject to regulatory capture? Will it be over regulated?
What would the civilizational consequences of an AI ban be?
What are the realistic trade offs of AI? What turmoil will it cause?
How should DC approach regulating AI?
What is the optimistic vision for AI?
Is China ahead or behind the US in AI progress?
How should people prepare themselves for AI?

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Bill Martin of Raging Capital Ventures on SVB's Collapse and What Happens Next

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