Dario, Demis, Sam: Assessing the AI Guys (Robert Wright & Shakeel Hashim)

About this episode

The episode discusses various perspectives on key figures in AI, including Sam Altman, Dario, and Demis, while exploring the implications of market forces and the concept of singularity.

A brief message from Bob ... Shakeel’s newsletter, Transformer, and its mission ... The case(s) against Sam Altman ... OpenAI President Greg Brockman's political spending ... The founding doctrines of the leading AI labs ... The singleton and the singularity ... How market forces overwhelm good intentions ... Is the singularity near? ... Sam vs. Dario vs. Demis ... Heading to Overtime ...

People in this episode

Host: Robert Wright

Guest: Shakeel Hashim

Topics covered

• AI
• politics
• OpenAI
• market forces
• singularity
• technology

Keywords

• AI
• Sam Altman
• OpenAI
• singularity
• market forces
• political spending
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Transformer

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