Wishful Thinking and Governance in Tech Leadership

This is an interview with Max Tegmark, MIT professor, Founder of the Future of Humanity Institute, and author of Life 3.0.

This interview was recorded on-site at AI Safety Connect 2025, a side event from the AI Action Summit in Paris.

See the full article from this episode: https://danfaggella.com/tegmark1

Listen to the full podcast episode: https://youtu.be/yQ2fDEQ4Ol0

This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- Max's A.G.I. Framework / "Keep the Future Human" - https://keepthefuturehuman.ai/
-- AI Safety Connect - https://aisafetyconnect.com

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There three main questions we cover here on the Trajectory:

1. Who are the power players in AGI and what are their incentives?
2. What kind of posthuman future are we moving towards, or should we be moving towards?
3. What should we do about it?

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