Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber on the Future of AI and the Existential Risk of Safetyism

Byrne Hobart (@byrnehobart) and Tobias Huber (@TobiasAHuber) join Patrick Blumenthal (@PatrickJBlum) to discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence. They cover:

• Is AI going to kill us? Is AI going to take all of our jobs and cause massive inequality? Is it going to destroy truth?
• Is it better to be a tech incumbent or a startup right now?
• Is the future of software one-time-use?
• What are the consequences of negative mainstream media coverage of AI?
• Will model interpretability increase or decrease over time?
• Will AI be subject to regulatory capture? Will it be over regulated?
• What would the civilizational consequences of an AI ban be?
• What are the realistic trade offs of AI? What turmoil will it cause?
• How should DC approach regulating AI?
• What is the optimistic vision for AI?
• Is China ahead or behind the US in AI progress?
• How should people prepare themselves for AI?