177 - AI is a Ticking Time Bomb with Connor Leahy

AI is here to stay, but at what cost? Connor Leahy is the CEO of Conjecture, a mission-driven organization that’s trying to make the future of AI go as well as it possibly can. He is also a Co-Founder of EleutherAI, an open-source AI research non-profit lab. In today’s episode, Connor and David cover: <br /> 1) The intuitive arguments behind the AI Safety debate<br /> 2) The two defining categories of ways AI could end all of humanity<br /> 3) The major players in the race towards AGI, and why they all seem to be ideologically motivated, rather than financially motivated <br /> 4) Why the progress of AI power is based on TWO exponential curves<br /> 5) Why Connor thinks government regulation is the easiest and most effective way of buying us time  ------<br /> 🚀 Unlock $3,000+ in Perks with Bankless Citizenship 🚀<br /> https://bankless.cc/GetThePerks  ------<br /> 📣 CYFRIN | Smart Contract Audits & Solidity Course<br /> https://bankless.cc/cyfrin  ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE<br /> https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE<br /> https://bankless.cc/MetaMask   ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum   🧠 AMBIRE | SMART CONTRACT WALLET<br /> https://bankless.cc/Ambire  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE<br /> https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK<br /> https://bankless.cc/Mantle  -----------<br /> TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro<br /> 3:12 AI Alignment Importance<br /> 9:40 Finding Neutrality<br /> 14:16 AI Doom Scenarios<br /> 21:06 How AI Misalignment Evolves<br /> 25:56 The State of AI Alignment<br /> 32:07 The AI Race Trap<br /> 41:49 Motivations of the AI Race<br /> 56:18 AI Regulation Efforts<br /> 1:14:28 How AI Regulation & Crypto Compare<br /> 1:21:44 AI Teachings of Human Coordination<br /> 1:36:53 Closing & Disclaimers -----------<br /> RESOURCES Connor Leahy<br /> https://twitter.com/NPCollapse   Conjecture Research<br /> https://www.conjecture.dev/research/   EleutherAI Discord<br /> https://discord.com/invite/zBGx3azzUn   Stop AGI<br /> https://www.stop.ai/   -----------<br /> Related Episodes: We’re All Gonna Die with Eliezer Yudkowsky<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA1sNLL6yg4  How We Prevent the AI’s from Killing us with Paul Christiano<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyFkWb903aU  -----------<br /> Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here:<br /> https://www.bankless.com/disclosures