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#133 – Max Tegmark on how a 'put-up-or-shut-up' resolution led him to work on AI and algorithmic news selection

80,000 Hours Podcast

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Are We Taking More Risk of a Nuclear War Than Is Optimal?

Macks: We should probably expect over use of arms and over militarization relative to what is in a country's best interests. In both cases the products involved are sold by companies that have the marketing department, and they want ta improved shareholder value. I think it's important to take this broader view, especially when we think about accidential risk and these really large things. But i would say that the if the risk of dying of a nuclear war is one % per year, or something like that, maybe higher if you live in london,. that one, i thinko you and i have been, and our friend groups have been just as hacked as everybody else had.

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