The Future of Artificial Intelligence

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I think building true superhuman artificial intelligence is the most important thing to work on. I believe that, you know, all we talked about sustainable economic growth as a moral good comes from technology. And i think this technology is going to generate more of it than this sum total that has ever been generated by technology in human history. So i think that's going to be really great. There are parts of it that are scary. But the upside of this is believable.

Founders aren’t superheroes, says Sam Altman.They may play extreme sports, respond to emails within seconds, and start billion-dollar companies, but they are rarely the product of extraordinary circumstance. In fact, they tend to be solidly upper-middle class, reasonably smart, and with loving parents.

So would Sam fund Peter Parker? What about Bruce Wayne?

Tyler and Sam discuss these burning questions and more, including what’s wrong with San Francisco, Napoleon’s underrated skill, nuclear energy, the greatest invention of the Industrial Revolution, his rant against coworking spaces, UBI and AGI, risk and regret, optimism and beauty, and why venture capitalists don’t have superpowers either.

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Recorded January 28th, 2019 Other ways to connect

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