Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason. He is known for a number of his works including Prediction Markets and Futarchy, writings on the possibility of alien life with both the Great Filter and Grabby Aliens, his book The Elephant In The Brain about our social programming, as well as extensive work and thought in the field of artificial intelligence including a very prescient series of debates and writings with Eliezer Yudkowsky 15 years ago.
(0:00) Intro
(0:54) Introducing Robin Hanson
(5:47) Defining basic concepts
(9:47) The alignment problem
(19:43) Property rights in A.I.
(21:48) The recent A.I. ecosystem
(30:01) GPT4
(33:51) A.I. Doomerism
(38:04) Rabbit hole analogy
(43:47) A.I. Critic Scenario
(51:57) Risks associated with A.I.
(57:24) Pausing development on A.I. to focus on implications
(1:02:33) Predictions by 2028 A.I. will not be able to cross
(1:08:15) Fast takeoff scenario
(1:15:39) Brain emulation
(1:22:19) Cryonics
Show Notes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuXl-iidnFY
Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky
Produced: Rashad Assir
Executive Producer: Josh Machiz
Music: Griff Lawson
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