Dive into an accessible discussion on AI safety and philosophy, technical AI safety progress, and why catastrophic outcomes aren't inevitable.

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Dive into an accessible discussion on AI safety and philosophy, technical AI safety progress, and why catastrophic outcomes aren't inevitable. This conversation provides practical advice for AI newcomers and hope for a positive future.

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CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) About the Show
(00:03:50) Intro
(00:08:13) AI Scouting
(00:14:42) Why arent people adopting AI more quickly?
(00:18:25) Why dont people take advantage of AI?
(00:22:35) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave
(00:24:42) How to get a better understanding of AI
(00:31:16) How to handle the public discourse around AI
(00:34:02) Scaling and research
(00:43:18) Sponsors: Omneky | Squad
(00:45:03) The pause
(00:47:29) Algorithmic efficiency
(00:52:52) Red Teaming in Public
(00:55:41) Deepfakes
(01:01:02) AI safety
(01:04:00) AI moderation
(01:07:03) Why not a doomer
(01:09:10) AI understanding human values
(01:15:00) Interpretability research
(01:18:30) AI safety leadership
(01:21:55) AI safety respectability politics
(01:33:42) China
(01:37:22) Radical uncertainty
(01:39:53) P(doom)
(01:42:30) Where to find the guest
(01:44:48) Outro