From the New World

Find Jeffrey Ding:

https://www.amazon.com/Technology-Rise-Great-Powers-International/dp/0691260346

https://jeffreyjding.github.io/

https://x.com/jjding99

Mentioned in the episode:

https://about.fb.com/news/2024/07/open-source-ai-is-the-path-forward/

https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-cybersecurity-regulations-what-do-the-new-regulations-say/

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Find Ben:

https://x.com/benteitel 

War for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right https://www.amazon.com/War-Eternity-Return-Traditionalism-Populist/dp/0141992034 

Mentioned in the episode:

Ben’s article about Bannon:https://www.compactmag.com/article/steve-bannons-spiritual-exile/

Peter Thiel Oxford Union Speech:

 

Marc Andreessen Interview about Deadwood (with Richard Hanania and Rob Henderson):

The Individualists:

https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/matt-zwolinski-and-john-tomasi-on-the-individualists

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Find Todd:

https://progresschamber.org/team/todd-oboyle/

https://x.com/ttoboyle

https://progresschamber.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Democratic-Cost-of-Living-Agenda-CHOP.pdf

Mentioned in the episode:

https://www.affuture.org/research/7-preemption/

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/02/ftc-proposes-new-protections-combat-ai-impersonation-individuals

https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/377170/kamala-harris-economic-policy-new-progressive-economics

https://www.rstreet.org/commentary/ai-and-public-health-part-3-how-ai-can-revolutionize-drug-discovery/ 

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Find Oliver:

https://x.com/og_giesecke

https://www.olivergiesecke.com/

[email protected] 

Mentioned in the episode:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4736003

https://papers.olivergiesecke.com/AISurveySlides.pdf

https://www.recodingamerica.us/ 

https://www.fromthenew.world/p/beyang-liu-machine-learning-that

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Find Michael:

https://x.com/M_Millerman

https://millermanschool.com/

Mentioned in the show:

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/N/bo49994271.html

https://scholars-stage.org/the-silicon-valley-canon-on-the-paideia-of-the-american-tech-elite/

https://www.amazon.com/Reign-Quantity-Signs-Times/dp/0900588675 

https://www.amazon.com/Strauss-Plato-Nietzsche-Philosophy-Lectures/dp/1589881907

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Find Ari and Jon:

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/authors/ari-schulmanhttps://x.com/arischulmanhttps://x.com/jonaskonas

Mentioned in the Episode:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/09/opinion/ivf-debate.html  

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/open-wallets-empty-hearts

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/who-is-the-new-atlantis-for

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-paradox-of-conservative-bioethics 

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/for-whom-shall-we-build

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/rational-magic

https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/welcoming-our-new-robot-overlords

https://x.com/xenocosmography/status/1843120642402767069

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Find Noah Smith:

 

https://x.com/Noahpinion 

From the New World Dinner:

https://lu.ma/cn34w8dd

Mentioned in the episode:

 

https://www.amazon.com/We-Were-Burning-Entrepreneurs-Electronic/dp/0465091180 

https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/26/1104516/three-mile-island-microsoft/

https://www.amazon.com/How-Asia-Works-Joe-Studwell/dp/0802121322

 

https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29126/w29126.pdf

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[Interview republished in the main section so that it appears on the regular podcast feed]Find Tyler:

https://marginalrevolution.com/

https://x.com/tylercowen

Find me:

AI Meetup / SB 1047 is Over Party:https://lu.ma/sa5q2tko

Alliance for the Future: https://www.affuture.org/donate/ 

https://x.com/psychosort

Mentioned in the episode:

Chuck Schumer report

https://www.schumer.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Roadmap_Electronic1.32pm.pdf

AI Safety is dead:

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-05-21/ai-safety-is-dead-and-chuck-schumer-faces-risks

Pelosi on SB 1047:

https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-statement-opposition-california-senate-bill-1047

SB 1047 Timeline:https://reason.com/2024/08/16/california-lawmakers-face-backlash-over-doomsday-driven-ai-bill

GOAT book

https://goatgreatesteconomistofalltime.ai/en

CSIS Report on Open Source and Defense:

https://www.csis.org/analysis/defense-priorities-open-source-ai-debate

Change in vibes post:

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/07/the-changes-in-vibes-why-did-they-happen.html

Elites:

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/09/a-simple-theory-of-which-thinkers-support-the-elites-or-not.html

Noah US State Capacity:

The Art of Power:

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Art-of-Power/Nancy-Pelosi/9781668048047

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Find Eric:

https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg

https://www.turpentine.co/

Mentioned in the episode:

https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/digital/the-flight-93-election/

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Timestamps:

1:57 Interview starts / Will there be an AI monopoly?

5:33 The Bitter Lesson

19:30 Government AI Scaling Projects

25:09 AI Agents Versus Information Theory

34:25 Little Tech and Politics

Find Martin:

https://a16z.com/author/martin-casado/

https://x.com/martin_casado

Mentioned in the Episode:

William Perry and Martin’s course at Stanford: https://web.stanford.edu/class/msande91si/slides/msande91si_course_information.pdf

US Senate AI Roadmap: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018f-79a9-d62d-ab9f-f9af975d0000

Entropy bounds in Information Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)

Martin and Ion Stoica on Little Tech and Open Source: https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2024/07/29/keep-the-code-behind-ai-open-say-two-entrepreneurs

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