Tyler Cowan: Technology will get a whole lot better for it over the next x years, but I'd start playing with it now. Let's say someone comes to me, they say, Tyler, spend a year talking to this AI and then you grade it. And at the end of it all, there'll be a Tyler Cowan bot. It'll be excellent. Should I do that? Yes. How long should I spend doing that? Well, I wouldn't spend a huge amount of time right now because I think that technology will get a Whole Lot Better Over The Next X Years.
In his second appearance, Reid Hoffman joined Tyler to talk everything AI: the optimal liability regime for LLMs, whether there’ll be autonomous money-making bots, which agency should regulate AI, how AI will affect the media ecosystem and the communication of ideas, what percentage of the American population will eschew it, how gaming will evolve, whether AI’s future will be open-source or proprietary, the binding constraint preventing the next big step in AI, which philosopher has risen in importance thanks to AI, what he’d ask a dolphin, what LLMs have taught him about friendship, how higher education will change, and more. They also discuss Sam Altman’s overlooked skill, the biggest cultural problem in America, the most underrated tech scene, and what he’ll do next.
Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video. Reid's podcast Possible is back this summer with a three-part miniseries called “AI and The Personal,” which launched on June 21st. Featured guests use AI, hardware, software and their own creativity to better people's daily lives. Subscribe to get the series.
Recorded May 9th, 2023.
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