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#150 – Tom Davidson on how quickly AI could transform the world

80,000 Hours Podcast

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From Teaching to AI: A Transformative Journey

This chapter explores a speaker's significant career change from teaching to a full-time focus on artificial intelligence, shedding light on the emotional challenges faced during this transition. It also intriguingly connects the evolutionary history of ants with the implications of AI, emphasizing themes of risk and long-termism.

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