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The episode discusses the growing Pause AI movement and the implications of halting advanced AI development with guest Gerrit De Vynck.

The movement to pause AI is gaining momentum, but can anyone actually stop the race toward more powerful artificial intelligence? SUPPORT MY WORK: Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at https://www.usermag.co Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz To listen to the full episode and get access to more bonus episodes, an ad-free listening experience, and my weekly newsletter, subscribe to my Patreon or Substack 👇🏻 Buy a paid subscription to my newsletter at ⁠https://www.usermag.co⁠ Support my work on Patreon: ⁠http://patreon.com/taylorlorenz⁠ In this week's episode of Power User, I’m joined by Washington Post technology journalist Gerrit De Vynck to unpack the growing backlash against AI, the activists calling for a pause on advanced AI development, OpenAI’s decision to slow development of its most advanced models, and the growing political fight over AI data centers. We break down what the Pause AI movement actually wants, why AI safety activists are worried about superintelligence and rogue AI agents, and whether governments could realistically prevent companies from training increasingly powerful models. We also discuss the growing grassroots backlash…

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Host: Taylor Lorenz

Guest: Gerrit De Vynck

Topics covered

• AI development
• Pause AI movement
• AI safety
• Political debate on AI
• Grassroots backlash against AI
• National security and AI

Keywords

• Pause AI
• artificial intelligence
• AI safety
• OpenAI
• political debate
• Bernie Sanders
• AI data centers
• superintelligence
• national security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington Post, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google

Places: China

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