One year after the release of ChatGPT, we explore the positive and negative paths AI could take and what individuals can do to assist with a positive outcome.

Topics covered include:

• How David uses AI to increase his personal productivity
• The societal and economic impacts of AI, including its potential to enhance corporate profitability and individual productivity
• Changes at OpenAI's executive level are examined, highlighting a shift in the organization's direction and philosophy
• What is Effective Altruism and why is it so focused on the catastrophic risks of AI
• What are the phases that would lead to a singularity in which AI poses a threat to humanity
• Why AI is still in the early stages, and how should individuals, businesses and regulators treat it at this point

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Show Notes

Everyday Chaos: Technology, Complexity, and How We're Thriving in a New World of Possibility by David Weinberger—Harvard Business Publishing Education

The economic and market impact of artificial intelligence—Capital Economics

The Fight for the Soul of A.I. by David Brooks—The New York Times

How a Fervent Belief Split Silicon Valley—and Fueled the Blowup at OpenAI by Robert McMillan and Deepa Seetharaman—The Wall Street Journal

A.I. Belongs to the Capitalists Now by Kevin Roose—The New York Times

The ‘AI doomers’ have lost this battle by Benedict Evans—The Financial Times

Effective Altruism

80,000 Hours

What is the AI alignment problem and how can it be solved? by Edd Gent—NewScientist

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