About this episode

Glenn Loury and Robert Wright discuss the implications of AI and the need for global coordination to ensure its benefits for humanity.

Support The Glenn Show at https://glennloury.substack.com Longtime friend of the show Robert Wright joins Glenn to talk about T he God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning , which argues AI deserves serious attention — including from its doomers. Wright contends that responsible global coordination, however improbable it seems amid current geopolitical turmoil, is essential to steering AI toward humanity's benefit rather than catastrophe. He points to the near-miss global minimum corporate tax agreement as a hopeful precedent. Glenn reflects on how quickly once-speculative science fiction scenarios, like recursive self-improving AI, have become urgent real-world dilemmas. The Glenn Show is almost entirely audience-supported , so to those of us who are already full subscribers, let me extend a heartfelt thank you. And if you’re not yet a full subscriber, please consider becoming one . The Glenn Show can only do what it does through the generosity of viewers and listeners. For a mere $6/month or $50/year , you’ll get access to weekly livestreams, monthly Q&A episodes with John McWhorter, commenting privileges, access to the full Substack archives, and…

People in this episode

Host: Glenn Loury

Guest: Robert Wright

Topics covered

• AI
• global community
• geopolitical coordination
• technology
• society
• culture

Keywords

• AI
• global coordination
• geopolitical turmoil
• The God Test
• technology
• society
• culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Glenn Show, Substack

Books & works: The God Test: Artificial Intelligence and Our Coming Cosmic Reckoning

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