EAG Talks
Aaron Bergman
Talks from EAG Global
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Aug 19, 2023 • 56min
Fireside Chat with Phil Trammell | Phil Trammell, Anton Arbman Hansing | EAGxNordics 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUwLl1Y_cJo
Aug 19, 2023 • 41min
Boosting Emerging Tech Governance through International Organisations | Jacob Arbeid | EAGxNordics 2023
Discussion on the rapid advancements in emerging tech and the need for global governance. Exploring the challenges of international cooperation and technological advancements. Lessons learned about governance and emerging technologies. Initiatives in AI risks and the long-term future.
Jun 17, 2023 • 58min
Taking happiness seriously: Can we? Should we? A debate | Michael Plant, Mark Fabian | EAG London 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYIDzXLIfoM
Jun 17, 2023 • 56min
Mistakes were made? A critical look at how EA approached AI safety | David Krueger | EAG London 23
David Krueger discusses his research on deep learning, AI alignment, and AI existential safety. He examines the AI safety community's approach to the issue, highlighting the limitations of a techno-solutionist mindset. Krueger emphasizes the importance of collaboration with academia and civil society, and the trade-offs of working with big tech companies. He explores the concept of AI safety in terms of structural risk and expresses concern about individuals' negligence in understanding existential risks. The chapter also delves into the challenges of predicting threat models and discusses the unfolding of AI's existential risks. Krueger suggests the idea of regulating compute in AI systems and emphasizes the need for a global consortium to control advanced compute's supply chain. He also explores the concept of emergent agencies in AI algorithms and the importance of AI governance research and informing policies.
Jun 17, 2023 • 56min
Academic research on global priorities | Eva Vivalt | EAG London 23
The podcast explores the role of academic research in global priorities research, the significance of building on existing knowledge, the challenges in conducting research in economics, the advantages of academic research in global priorities, different paths for aspiring researchers, engaging with media as academics, and the relationship between academia and effective altruism.
Jun 17, 2023 • 53min
Concrete open problems in mechanistic interpretability | Neel Nanda | EAG London 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR-dju32ViI
Jun 17, 2023 • 53min
Modelling the future of AI | Jaime Sevilla | EAG London 23
The podcast discusses the trajectory of artificial intelligence, the relationship between compute and performance in AI models, the promise of integrated assessment models for AI, integrating growth theory and compute-centric frameworks for AI policy, the level of automation needed for radical transformation, and the importance of not blindly trusting AI models.
Jun 17, 2023 • 55min
Shaping humanity's longterm trajectory | Toby Ord | EAG London 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QlmA9MuwcQ
Jun 17, 2023 • 55min
Reducing lead exposure | Drew McCartor, Lucia Coulter, Rachel Silverman-Bonnifield | EAG London 23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVXB2s5YW2Q
Jun 17, 2023 • 56min
Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention | Ryan Teo, Nils Justen | EAG London 23
Ryan and Nils discuss strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention and the outcomes of the ninth review conference. They highlight the importance of proposing initiatives at the BWC and the challenges involved. The difficulties in creating a verification mechanism and the importance of civil society and technical experts are also explored. The significance of diversity in bio-risk mitigation and opportunities for involvement in the BWC are emphasized.
