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Highlights: #191 (Part 2) – Carl Shulman on government and society after AGI

Highlights: #191 (Part 2) – Carl Shulman on government and society after AGI

Update: 2024-07-19
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This is a selection of highlights from episode #191 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.

These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:

Carl Shulman on government and society after AGI

And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.

Chapters:

  • How AI advisors could have saved us from COVID-19 (00:00:05 )
  • Why Carl doesn't support enforced pauses on AI research (00:06:34 )
  • Value lock-in (00:12:58 )
  • How democracies avoid coups (00:17:11 )
  • Building trust between adversaries about which models you can believe (00:24:00 )
  • Opportunities for listeners (00:30:11 )

Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong

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Highlights: #191 (Part 2) – Carl Shulman on government and society after AGI

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Highlights: #191 (Part 2) – Carl Shulman on government and society after AGI

Highlights: #191 (Part 2) – Carl Shulman on government and society after AGI

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