The Optimism of the Nuclear Industry

Stuart: I was one of those children who thought that nuclear power was great because it would mean we wouldn't have to have these huge coal fired power stations belching out smoke and ashes. And the reason why everyone's down on nuclear is because Chernobyl happened. We're not in that situation with AI. The vast majority of people developing it don't think about safety at all. But the same tribal mentality is developing. That if you talk about risks, you're a Luddite. You know, I and Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk and a few other people were given the Luddite of the year award by one of the information technology lobbying organizations. So simply because we're