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Facing Superintelligence (with Ben Goertzel)

On this episode, Ben Goertzel joins me to discuss what distinguishes the current AI boom from previous ones, important but overlooked AI research, simplicity versus complexity in the first AGI, the feasibility of alignment, benchmarks and economic impact, potential bottlenecks to superintelligence, and what humanity should do moving forward.    Timestamps:   00:00:00 Preview and intro   00:01:59 Thinking about AGI in the 1970s   00:07:28 What's different about this AI boom?   00:16:10 Former taboos about AGI  00:19:53 AI research worth revisiting   00:35:53 Will the first AGI be simple?   00:48:49 Is alignment achievable?   01:02:40 Benchmarks and economic impact   01:15:23 Bottlenecks to superintelligence  01:23:09 What should we do?

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  Why OpenAI Is Trying to Silence Its Critics (with Tyler Johnston)

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  We're Not Ready for AGI (with Will MacAskill)

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  What Happens When Insiders Sound the Alarm on AI? (with Karl Koch)

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  Can Machines Be Truly Creative? (with Maya Ackerman)

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  From Research Labs to Product Companies: AI's Transformation (with Parmy O…

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  Can Defense in Depth Work for AI? (with Adam Gleave)

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  How We Keep Humans in Control of AI (with Beatrice Erkers)

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  Why Building Superintelligence Means Human Extinction (with Nate Soares)

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  Breaking the Intelligence Curse (with Luke Drago)

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  What Markets Tell Us About AI Timelines (with Basil Halperin)

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  AGI Security: How We Defend the Future (with Esben Kran)

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  Reasoning, Robots, and How to Prepare for AGI (with Benjamin Todd)

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  From Peak Horse to Peak Human: How AI Could Replace Us (with Calum Chace)

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  How AI Could Help Overthrow Governments (with Tom Davidson)

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  What Happens After Superintelligence? (with Anders Sandberg)

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  Why the AI Race Ends in Disaster (with Daniel Kokotajlo)