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Holden Karnofsky - Transformative AI & Most Important Century

Dwarkesh Podcast

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The Industrial Revolution Is Not a Bad Thing to Do

People often believe they're living in the most important time, or at least in especially important time. John Locke was doing his stuff because he felt it was a good thing to do at any period in time. But if we are at this crucial period of time, it becomes an even better thing to do. And so yeah, I think I think that's like enough of an example to kind of illustrate that. The one reason I might be skeptical of this theory is that I could say, Oh gosh, if you look throughout history, people were often convinced they wereliving in the most Important Time.

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