Welcome to the alpha release of TYPE III AUDIO.
Expect very rough edges and very broken stuff—and regular improvements. Please share your thoughts.
Welcome to the alpha release of TYPE III AUDIO.
Expect very rough edges and very broken stuff—and regular improvements. Please share your thoughts.
Holden Karnofsky is the co-CEO of Open Philanthropy and co-founder of GiveWell. He is also the author of one of the most interesting blogs on the internet, Cold Takes.
We discuss:
* Are we living in the most important century?
* Does he regret OpenPhil’s 30 million dollar grant to OpenAI in 2016?
* How does he think about AI, progress, digital people, & ethics?
Highly recommend!
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Timestamps
(0:00:00) - Intro
(0:00:58) - The Most Important Century
(0:06:44) - The Weirdness of Our Time
(0:21:20) - The Industrial Revolution
(0:35:40) - AI Success Scenario
(0:52:36) - Competition, Innovation , & AGI Bottlenecks
(1:00:14) - Lock-in & Weak Points
(1:06:04) - Predicting the Future
(1:20:40) - Choosing Which Problem To Solve
(1:26:56) - $30M OpenAI Investment
(1:30:22) - Future Proof Ethics
(1:37:28) - Integrity vs Utilitarianism
(1:40:46) - Bayesian Mindset & Governance
(1:46:56) - Career Advice
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