Future of Life Institute Podcast

Connor Leahy on Why Humanity Risks Extinction from AGI


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Connor Leahy joins the podcast to discuss the motivations of AGI corporations, how modern AI is "grown", the need for a science of intelligence, the effects of AI on work, the radical implications of superintelligence, open-source AI, and what you might be able to do about all of this.   

Here's the document we discuss in the episode:   

https://www.thecompendium.ai  

Timestamps: 

00:00 The Compendium 

15:25 The motivations of AGI corps  

31:17 AI is grown, not written  

52:59 A science of intelligence 

01:07:50 Jobs, work, and AGI  

01:23:19 Superintelligence  

01:37:42 Open-source AI  

01:45:07 What can we do?

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