Agent Honesty, Alignment, and Governance

Stephen asks how honest agents should be; Illia argues for user-owned AI, community governance, and iterative updates to alignment policies.

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In part two of his conversation, Illia Polosukhin, co-author of "Attention Is All You Need" and founder of NEAR Protocol, explores the profound societal and economic implications of AI. He envisions a future where a unified intelligence layer transforms personal computing, AI agents enable direct market connections, and individuals find meaning in niche communities amidst AI-driven abundance. Illia also delves into the ethics of agent-to-agent interactions, where AIs prioritize human interests, and new governance models utilizing AI delegates. This episode offers a concrete, systems-level vision for how AI will reshape our world, from daily life to global governance.

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CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Sponsor: Google Gemini Notebook LM

(00:31) About the Episode

(03:33) AI Transforms Software Development

(14:18) The Future of Work

(18:58) Securing Blockchain with AI (Part 1)

(19:08) Sponsors: Tasklet | Linear

(21:48) Securing Blockchain with AI (Part 2)

(33:03) Vision for an AI Society (Part 1)

(33:55) Sponsor: Shopify