From the New World

Timestamps:1:57 Interview starts / Will there be an AI monopoly?5:33 The Bitter Lesson19:30 Government AI Scaling Projects25:09 AI Agents Versus Information Theory34:25 Little Tech and PoliticsFind Martin:https://a16z.com/author/martin-casado/https://x.com/martin_casadoMentioned in the Episode:William Perry and Martin’s course at Stanford: https://web.stanford.edu/class/msande91si/slides/msande91si_course_information.pdfUS Senate AI Roadmap: https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018f-79a9-d62d-ab9f-f9af975d0000Entropy bounds in Information Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_(information_theory)Martin and Ion Stoica on Little Tech and Open Source: https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2024/07/29/keep-the-code-behind-ai-open-say-two-entrepreneurs This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Find Beyang:https://x.com/beyanghttps://sourcegraph.com/ This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Find Max:https://arenamag.com/https://x.com/mualphaxiMentioned in the episode:https://arenamag.com/2024/06/03/ai-monopolies-not-so-fast/https://arenamag.com/2024/07/31/the-tinkerers-box-of-dreams/https://arenamag.com/2024/06/05/the-dream-of-speed/https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a12149389/robert-noyce-tom-wolfe/https://www.tabletmag.com/feature/american-vulcan-palmer-luckey-anduril This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Isaac Simpson is a former copywriter, writer at the American Mind, and author of The Carousel newsletter.Find Isaac:https://x.com/DisgracedPropMentioned in the episode:https://americanmind.org/features/a-matter-of-taste/politics-is-not-downstream-from-culture/https://americanmind.org/features/a-matter-of-taste/https://americanmind.org/features/a-matter-of-taste/tv-is-always-progressive/https://www.amazon.com/Managerial-Revolution-What-Happening-World/dp/1839013184https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Screen-Trade-Hollywood-Screenwriting/dp/0446391174https://savethecat.com/ This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Find Jeremy:https://www.amazon.com/Unprotected-Class-Anti-White-Destroying-America/dp/1684514584https://twitter.com/realJeremyCarlhttps://www.claremont.org/bio/jeremy-carl/Mentioned in the podcast: This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

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Find Dean:https://twitter.com/deanwballhttps://www.mercatus.org/scholars/dean-ballAlliance for the Future:https://www.affuture.org/contact/Email me:chau [at] affuture [dot] orgMentioned in the show:https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/how-to-regulate-artificial-intelligencehttps://twitter.com/TansuYegen/status/1649143110331510785 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Find Jeremy:https://twitter.com/jeremykauffmanMentioned in the episode:https://www.amazon.com/Hierarchy-Forest-Evolution-Egalitarian-Behavior/dp/0674006917https://thenetworkstate.com/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0146167210366854https://www.fromthenew.world/p/rob-henderson-social-problems-needhttps://www.fromthenew.world/p/razib-khan-genetic-founding-crimes This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Find Simone and Malcolm:https://twitter.com/SimoneHCollinshttps://pronatalist.org/https://www.youtube.com/@SimoneandMalcolmhttps://www.amazon.com/Pragmatists-Guide-Crafting-Religion-Demographic/dp/B0BSJ5SXK2Mentioned in the episode: This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Perry Metzger is the co-founder and chairman of the board of Alliance for the Future. Perry is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and consultant. He is the current founder and CEO of a stealth AI startup. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Saagar Enjeti is the co-host and co-founder of Breaking Points.Find Saagar:https://www.youtube.com/@breakingpointshttps://twitter.com/esaagarAlliance for the Future:https://www.affuture.org/donate/https://www.affuture.org/contact/https://twitter.com/psychosort/Mentioned in the Episode:https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Therapy-Kids-Arent-Growing-ebook/dp/B0CBYHTV2Dhttps://thenewpress.com/books/two-faces-of-liberalismhttps://www.amazon.com/Master-Senate-Years-Lyndon-Johnson/dp/0394720954 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Find Anatoly:https://twitter.com/powerfultakesMentioned in the episode: This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Bryan Caplan is a professor of economics at George Mason University and the author of many books, including “You Will Not Stampede Me: Essays on Non-Conformism“. Find Bryan:https://twitter.com/bryan_caplanMentioned in the episode:https://www.amazon.ca/Good-Mood-Psychology-Overcoming-Depression/dp/0812690982https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674707580https://www.amazon.ca/Voters-Mad-Scientists-Political-Irrationality/dp/B0C2SD1K8B This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Find Roko on Twitter:https://twitter.com/RokoMijic/Mentioned in the Episode:AI is Easy to Control - Nora BelroseFrom the New World / Samo BurjaFrom the New World / Roko Mijic (First Episode)We Need a Manhattan Project for AI Safety - Sam HammondTimestamps:0:00 Putin alignment38:00 the internet as fossil fuel56:00 civilizational collapse1:10:00 government alignment failure This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Find Sam:https://twitter.com/hamandcheeseMentioned in the episode:https://www.fromthenew.world/p/marc-andreesen-the-time-to-fight#detailshttps://thenetworkstate.com/ This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

James Pethokoukis is the author of The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.Find James:https://twitter.com/JimPethokoukishttps://www.amazon.ca/Conservative-Futurist-Create-Sci-Fi-Promised/dp/1546005544Mentioned in the episode:https://www.fromthenew.world/p/marc-andreesen-the-time-to-fight#detailshttps://www.amazon.ca/iGen-Super-Connected-Rebellious-Happy-Adulthood/dp/1501151983https://www.amazon.ca/Two-Parent-Privilege-Americans-Stopped-Getting/dp/0226817784 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Find Marc Andreessen:https://a16z.com/https://twitter.com/pmarcaMentioned on the episode:https://www.fromthenew.world/p/economists-vs-eas-2https://www.amazon.ca/True-Believer-Thoughts-Nature-Movements/dp/0060505915https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262630184/men-machines-and-modern-times/https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23794855/anthropic-ai-openai-claude-2https://www.amazon.ca/Capitalist-Realism-There-No-Alternative/dp/1846943175https://www.samharris.org/podcasts/making-sense-episodes/324-debating-the-future-of-ai This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Jon Askonas is a professor at The Catholic University of America and a contributor to the New Atlantis and Compact. We discuss technological change, Marshall McLuhan, why conservatism is prone to grift, Democracy, the January 6th hearings, Rene Girard, and apocalypse.Jon Askonas:https://twitter.com/JonAskonashttps://www.thenewatlantis.com/authors/jon-askonasJon’s articles mentioned:https://compactmag.com/article/why-conservatism-failedhttps://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/reality-is-just-a-game-nowhttps://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/what-happened-to-consensus-realityhttps://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/how-stewart-made-tuckerMentioned in the episode:https://hiddenforces.io/podcasts/whats-happened-to-consensus-reality-jon-askonas/https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-analog-city-and-the-digital-cityhttps://www.dukeupress.edu/on-the-modern-cult-of-the-factish-gods This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Find James:https://twitter.com/jamespoulosMentioned in the episode:https://humanforever.us/https://www.amazon.ca/Art-Being-Free-Tocqueville-Ourselves/dp/1250077184 This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe

Find Thaddeus:https://www.thaddeusrussell.com/https://twitter.com/ThaddeusRussellMentioned in the episode:https://www.fromthenew.world/p/jacob-siegel-social-media-censorship#detailshttps://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/202https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformationhttps://americanaffairsjournal.org/2020/05/data-driven-defeat-information-versus-interests-in-afghanistan/https://www.amazon.ca/iGen-Super-Connected-Rebellious-Happy-Adulthood/dp/1501151983https://www.thecoddling.com/ This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fromthenew.world/subscribe