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Catherine Rampell and Andrew Egger discuss the implications of superintelligent AI and the Trump administration's role in the ongoing debate about AI control and risks to humanity.

Catherine Rampell and Andrew Egger take on the increasingly hard-to-dismiss warnings about superintelligent AI, after an Anthropic researcher quit over fears that the technology could eventually threaten humanity. They ask whether anyone can actually control increasingly powerful AI, whether the Trump administration is making the problem worse, and why Washington seems so unprepared for what may be coming. Plus: Hunter Biden launches a meme coin—and it goes about as well as you’d expect. For 3 Day Blinds’ buy 1 get 1 50% off deal, head to https://3DayBlinds.com/BULWARKTAKES . Read Andrew's Morning Shots newsletter: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/our-orange-napoleon-wants-a-big-arch-arlington-memorial-trump-burgum-ai-openai-anthropic-extinction-risk-911-september-11-canada-trade-war Jeff Stein — “Sam Altman Privately Rejected Giving OpenAI Shares to the Government”: https://washingtonsun.com/technology/sam-altman-privately-rejected-open-ai-government-equity

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Guests: Catherine Rampell, Andrew Egger

Topics covered

• AI risks
• Trump administration
• superintelligent AI
• control of AI
• Washington preparedness
• meme coins
• political commentary

Keywords

• AI
• Trump
• Anthropic
• Hunter Biden
• meme coin
• superintelligence
• Washington
• technology

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Organizations: Trump administration, Anthropic, OpenAI

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