The concept of dialogue progress involves the collective decision-making of a society on whether to encourage and allow various activities without excessive regulatory constraints. This includes social, legal, and regulatory allowances for individuals and businesses to pursue their ideas, develop technologies, build new infrastructure, and innovate. However, the current system has shifted towards requiring permissions, licenses, and extensive regulations, hindering economic progress and stifling creativity. Many believe that this restrictive approach is holding society back, decreasing wealth and overall well-being. Embracing a more open and permissive environment would empower individuals to strive for innovation and creativity, rather than maintaining the status quo.
The future of AI keeps Zvi Mowshowitz up at night. He also wonders why so many smart people seem to think that AI is more likely to save humanity than destroy it. Listen as Mowshowitz talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the current state of AI, the pace of AI's development, and where--unless we take serious action--the technology is likely to end up (and that end is not pretty). They also discuss Mowshowitz's theory that the shallowness of the AI extinction-risk discourse results from the assumption that you have to be either pro-technological progress or against it.