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Inside the First AI Insight Forum in Washington

Sep 19, 2023

Tristan and Aza, along with Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman and other leaders, recap their experience at the closed-door AI Insight Forum in Washington. They discuss topics such as the future of AI, the need for regulation, and the dangers of open-source AI models. They also reflect on their meeting with the White House and express gratitude towards their listeners.

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The AI Insight Forum highlighted the need for a new approach to learning about AI and the importance of treating this moment in history with the attention it deserves.

Open source models in AI are becoming a battleground for dominance, raising concerns about the potential risks associated with fine-tuning capabilities and necessitating future limits and regulations for safety.

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Insights from the AI Insight Forum

The podcast episode discusses the unique AI Insight Forum held in Congress, where senators engaged in a structured dialogue with experts about AI. Rather than the typical hearing format, this forum allowed for a more focused and informative discussion. The forum emphasized the need for a new approach to learning about AI and the importance of creating a platform that treats this moment in history with the attention it deserves.

Underestimating the Progress of AI on a Double Exponential

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Incentives dictate the actual uses of a technology

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Introduction

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Reflections on the AI Insight Forum in Washington

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Predicting the Future of AI based on Incentives

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Open Source AI Models and the Need for Regulation

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Regulating AI, Clean Thinking, and Giving Thanks

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Last week, Senator Chuck Schumer brought together Congress and many of the biggest names in AI for the first closed-door AI Insight Forum in Washington, D.C. Tristan and Aza were invited speakers at the event, along with Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, and other leaders. In this update on Your Undivided Attention, Tristan and Aza recount how they felt the meeting went, what they communicated in their statements, and what it felt like to critique Meta’s LLM in front of Mark Zuckerberg.

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