The Intelligence Curse w/ Evan Miyazono

About this episode

The episode discusses the risks of advanced AI and governance with Evan Miyazono, focusing on the 'intelligence curse' and other overlooked threats.

I spoke to Evan Miyazono, founder of Atlas Computing, about the neglected risks of advanced AI and what it would actually take to govern it. We dig into the threats he thinks aren't getting enough attention, from asymmetrically offensive cyber capabilities and economic disruption to what he calls the "intelligence curse," a dynamic where governments lose any incentive to invest in their populations once labor becomes synthetic. We also get into formal verification as a framework for AI govern...

People in this episode

Host: The Blockchain Socialist

Guest: Evan Miyazono

Topics covered

• advanced AI
• governance
• cyber capabilities
• economic disruption
• intelligence curse

Keywords

• AI governance
• cybersecurity
• economic impact
• intelligence curse
• formal verification

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atlas Computing

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