AI and Human Cognition: A Balancing Act

This is an interview with David Duvenaud, Assistant Professor at University of Toronto, co-author of the Gradual Disempowerment paper, and former researcher at Anthropic.

This is the first episode in our new “Early Experience of AGI” series - where we explore the early impacts of AGI on our work and personal lives.

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- Closing the Human Reward Circuit: https://danfaggella.com/reward
-- Gradual Disempowerment: http://www.gradual-disempowerment.ai

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XPpg89K3ULM

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/duvenaud1

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There three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

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