China's Incentives and Regulations on AGI

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China is often portrayed as a rival in terms of technological advancements and artificial general intelligence (AGI). However, it is unlikely that China wants AGI to exist, as their main goal is stability and staying in power. They have demonstrated a willingness to censor and regulate their own tech industry. Additionally, China is technologically behind the US. The majority of the risk in AGI development comes from the United States, with little to no risk from non-Western countries. The main players in this field are predominantly the USA and partially the UK and Europe.

AI is here to stay, but at what cost? Connor Leahy is the CEO of Conjecture, a mission-driven organization that’s trying to make the future of AI go as well as it possibly can. He is also a Co-Founder of EleutherAI, an open-source AI research non-profit lab.

In today’s episode, Connor and David cover: 1) The intuitive arguments behind the AI Safety debate 2) The two defining categories of ways AI could end all of humanity 3) The major players in the race towards AGI, and why they all seem to be ideologically motivated, rather than financially motivated 4) Why the progress of AI power is based on TWO exponential curves 5) Why Connor thinks government regulation is the easiest and most effective way of buying us time

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----------- TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro 3:12 AI Alignment Importance 9:40 Finding Neutrality 14:16 AI Doom Scenarios 21:06 How AI Misalignment Evolves 25:56 The State of AI Alignment 32:07 The AI Race Trap 41:49 Motivations of the AI Race 56:18 AI Regulation Efforts 1:14:28 How AI Regulation & Crypto Compare 1:21:44 AI Teachings of Human Coordination 1:36:53 Closing & Disclaimers

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Connor Leahy https://twitter.com/NPCollapse

Conjecture Research https://www.conjecture.dev/research/

EleutherAI Discord https://discord.com/invite/zBGx3azzUn

Stop AGI https://www.stop.ai/

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