"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis Balaji Srinivasan on Polytheistic AI, Human-AI Symbiosis, and Prospects for AI Control
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Dec 12, 2023 
Balaji Srinivasan, an investor and former CTO of Coinbase, dives deep into the world of polytheistic AI and human-AI symbiosis. He discusses the nuances of AI control and the challenges of keeping these systems in check. Exploring the fragility of AI capabilities, he emphasizes the importance of human oversight as technology advances. Balaji also touches on the geopolitical shifts caused by AI, the future of work, and the evolving relationship between humans and machines, highlighting the potential for collaboration in transformative fields like healthcare.
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AI's Strengths and Weaknesses
- Current AI excels in static environments with unchanging rules, like games or language.
- It struggles in dynamic, rule-changing systems like markets, where adversarial behavior exists.
Open Weights and AI Safety
- Open AI model weights may enhance safety by allowing reverse-engineering of adversarial inputs.
- This vulnerability could prevent AI omnipotence, offering a way to control or disable the system.
Untapped Sensory Data
- Current AI models primarily focus on sight and sound data due to readily available datasets.
- Unexplored human senses like touch, taste, and smell represent potential areas for AI development or human advantage.
