Holden Karnofsky is the co-CEO of Open Philanthropy and co-founder of GiveWell. He is also the author of one of the most interesting blogs on the internet, Cold Takes.
We discuss:
* Are we living in the most important century?
* Does he regret OpenPhil’s 30 million dollar grant to OpenAI in 2016?
* How does he think about AI, progress, digital people, & ethics?
Highly recommend!
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Timestamps
(0:00:00) - Intro
(0:00:58) - The Most Important Century
(0:06:44) - The Weirdness of Our Time
(0:21:20) - The Industrial Revolution
(0:35:40) - AI Success Scenario
(0:52:36) - Competition, Innovation , & AGI Bottlenecks
(1:00:14) - Lock-in & Weak Points
(1:06:04) - Predicting the Future
(1:20:40) - Choosing Which Problem To Solve
(1:26:56) - $30M OpenAI Investment
(1:30:22) - Future Proof Ethics
(1:37:28) - Integrity vs Utilitarianism
(1:40:46) - Bayesian Mindset & Governance
(1:46:56) - Career Advice
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