Tristan Harris and Ted Tremper are WAKING UP Humanity to AI Extinction!

About this episode

Tristan Harris and Ted Tremper discuss the implications of AI and their new documentary on the subject.

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist could become the most important movie of our generation. It’s a new film from the producers of the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All at Once . Tristan Harris is a subject in the film who is well-known for his role in Netflix's The Social Dilemma . He is the co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology. Ted Tremper is a producer on the film who is the interim Executive Director of the Creators' Coalition on AI. Timestamps 00:00:00 — Cold Open 00:01:20 — Introducing Tristan Harris and Ted Tremper 00:04:31 — The Genesis of The AI Doc 00:12:48 — Tristan’s Journey From Social Media to AI 00:14:30 — Updating From AI Skeptic to AI Risk Aware 00:20:31 — How They Convinced the AI CEOs to Agree to be Interviewed 00:28:58 — Ted’s Journalism Advice, Working on Borat Subsequent Moviefilm 00:30:37 — Tristan, What’s Your P(Doom)™? 00:34:30 — The Resource Curse: What AI Revenue Does to a Society 00:44:10 — Ted, What’s Your P(Doom)™? 00:46:34 — Reacting to Demis Hassabis Statement that AGI Development Is Inevitable 00:49:52 — Liron Sharpens the Criticism Towards AGI Builders 00:55:35 — AGI Developers Claim to Want International Cooperation…

People in this episode

Host: Liron Shapira

Guests: Tristan Harris, Ted Tremper

Topics covered

• AI
• extinction
• technology ethics
• documentary film
• social media
• superintelligence

Keywords

• AI extinction
• documentary
• Tristan Harris
• Ted Tremper
• social media
• technology ethics
• superintelligence
• The AI Doc

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for Humane Technology, Creators' Coalition on AI

Books & works: The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Social Dilemma

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