Thinking On Paper Machines of Loving Grace: What Happens If Humanity Gets AI Right? │ Dario Amodei
What if AI doesn’t destroy the world, but changes it faster than we can understand?
In Machines of Loving Grace, Dario Amodei imagines a future where artificial intelligence works exactly as intended: curing disease, ending poverty, and giving humanity everything it ever wanted.
Mark and Jeremy break down that vision: a “country of geniuses in a data center,” where AI drives biology, neuroscience, economics, and governance to their limits. They examine the optimism, the blind spots, and the moral cost of progress that moves faster than culture.
Because even if AI gets it right, the question remains, can we?
Please enjoy the show. And share with a curious friend.
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Read the essay: https://www.darioamodei.com/essay/machines-of-loving-grace#fn:1
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Chapters
(00:00) Machines Of Loving Grace
(02:46) Dario Amodei's Definition Of Powerful AI
(05:11) Speed Of The Outside World
(07:24) Complexity
(11:27) List Of Diseases AI Will Cure
(13:46) Neuroscience And Mind
(15:45) AI For Everyone?
(21:33) Peace And Government
(25:03) Work And Meaning
(31:56) What's Meaningful?
(34:27) Taking Stock
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