The Secret of AI’s Power (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities and implications of AI, including its governance and future predictions.

Whose baby is cuter? ... Bob's new book on AI, The God Test ... Varieties of AI awe ... Geoffrey Hinton’s vision ... How LLMs do more than predict and parrot ... How powerful will AI get? ... Can AI’s impact be predicted? ... Taking doomerism seriously ... The AI governance dilemma ... Heading to Overtime ...

People in this episode

Host: Robert Wright

Guest: Paul Bloom

Topics covered

• AI
• governance
• predictions
• doomerism
• LLMs
• impact

Keywords

• AI
• governance
• Geoffrey Hinton
• LLMs
• The God Test
• doomerism
• impact

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The God Test

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