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Connor Leahy on Why Humanity Risks Extinction from AGI

Connor Leahy on Why Humanity Risks Extinction from AGI

Update: 2024-11-22

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Connor Leahy joins the podcast to discuss the motivations of AGI corporations, how modern AI is "grown", the need for a science of intelligence, the effects of AI on work, the radical implications of superintelligence, open-source AI, and what you might be able to do about all of this.

Here's the document we discuss in the episode:

https://www.thecompendium.ai

Timestamps:

00:00 The Compendium

15:25 The motivations of AGI corps

31:17 AI is grown, not written

52:59 A science of intelligence

01:07:50 Jobs, work, and AGI

01:23:19 Superintelligence

01:37:42 Open-source AI

01:45:07 What can we do?

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Connor Leahy on Why Humanity Risks Extinction from AGI

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