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Today on the AI Breakdown, I'm joined by Emerson Sparks to discuss mental models for AI safety and risk. Emerson represents a type of person who is a techno optimist by disposition. He's very skeptical of public sector interventions but still has serious concerns about the speed with which AI is developing. In this conversation, we talk about some of the mental frameworks that Emerson is used to try to understand questions of AI safety, AI alignment, and extinction risk.

Emerson Spartz has been building internet and media companies since starting MuggleNet, the world's largest Harry Potter fan site, when he was just 12 years old. He founded digital media company Dose which created some of the world's largest viral content sites. For the past few years, Emerson has been focused on AI, with a particular interest in AI safety, AI alignment and extinction risk. Despite being such a techno-optimist by nature that he's been yelled at for being a techno-optimist in books, he has come to have real concerns about the speed and way that AI is developing. In this sprawling conversation, Emerson provides a set of mental models he uses to try and understand AI broadly. Recommended resources: https://aisafety.info/ Robert Miles YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/robertmilesai The A.I. Dilemma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVJKj8lcNQ The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/