Future of Life Institute Podcast

Lennart Heim on Compute Governance

Apr 6, 2023

50:25

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Lennart Heim

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When Will Home Computers Be Able to Train a GBD4 Level Model?

03:06

Control and Complexity in Computing Supply Chain

02:00

Introduction

4min

The Role of Compute in Computing Governance

3min

The Complexity of the Computer Supply Chain

2min

The Importance of Cyber Security for ASML and TSMC

3min

The Future of Computing Governance

3min

How to Verify That a Lap Doesn't Have More Compute Than They Say It Does

2min

The Benefits of Distributed Computing

2min

The US's Export Ban on Semiconductors to China

2min

The US Government's Decision to Restrict AI Workloads to US Companies

3min

10.

How Big Is the Training Run?

3min

11.

The Future of Computing in the US

3min

12.

The Future of Tech Supported Diplomacy

3min

13.

The Limits of Computing Hardware in AI

3min

14.

How to Train a GPT4 Level Model at Home

3min

15.

The Future of Computing Governance

4min

16.

The Problem With Ai Government Regulation

3min

17.

The Importance of Governance in AI

5min

Lennart Heim joins the podcast to discuss options for governing the compute used by AI labs and potential problems with this approach to AI safety. You can read more about Lennart's work here: https://heim.xyz/about/ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:37 AI risk 03:33 Why focus on compute? 11:27 Monitoring compute 20:30 Restricting compute 26:54 Subsidising compute 34:00 Compute as a bottleneck 38:41 US and China 42:14 Unintended consequences 46:50 Will AI be like nuclear energy? Social Media Links: ➡️ WEBSITE: https://futureoflife.org ➡️ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FLIxrisk ➡️ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/futureoflifeinstitute/ ➡️ META: https://www.facebook.com/futureoflifeinstitute ➡️ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-of-life-institute/

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