AGI timelines, offense/defense balance, evolution vs engineering, how to lower P(Doom), Eliezer Yudkowksy, and much more!
Timestamps:
00:00 Trailer
03:10 Is My P(Doom) Lowering?
11:29 First Caller: AI Offense vs Defense Balance
16:50 Superintelligence Skepticism
25:05 Agency and AI Goals
29:06 Communicating AI Risk
36:35 Attack vs Defense Equilibrium
38:22 Can We Solve Outer Alignment?
54:47 What is Your P(Pocket Nukes)?
1:00:05 The “Shoggoth” Metaphor Is Outdated
1:06:23 Should I Reframe the P(Doom) Question?
1:12:22 How YOU Can Make a Difference
1:24:43 Can AGI Beat Biology?
1:39:22 Agency and Convergent Goals
1:59:56 Viewer Poll: What Content Should I Make?
2:26:15 AI Warning Shots
2:32:12 More Listener Questions: Debate Tactics, Getting a PhD, Specificity
2:53:53 Closing Thoughts
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