AI and Freedom: A Societal Exploration

Welcome back to Generally Intelligent! We’re excited to relaunch our podcast—still featuring thoughtful conversations on building AI, but now with an expanded lens on its economic, societal, political, and human impacts.

Matt Boulos leads policy and safety at Imbue, where he shapes the responsible development of AI coding tools that make software creation broadly accessible. His work centers on understanding what technological power means for individual liberty and advocates for the legal and institutional frameworks we need to protect our freedom. Matt is a lawyer, computer scientist, and founder.

A full transcript is available on our Substack: https://imbueai.substack.com/matt-boulos/

Highlights:

• AI’s four core challenges
• Governing lawless digital spaces
• Why abundance is not enough without liberty
• Freedom as deep enablement and deep protection
• The role of technologists in shaping society

Generally Intelligent is a podcast by Imbue, an independent research company developing a better way to build personal software. Our mission is to empower humans in the age of AI by creating powerful computing tools controlled by individuals.

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