Is AI the new Oppenheimer event?

AI is reaching the point where there is wild speculation, potential regulations, and opinions on if it will destroy humanity. So how does anyone make sense of all of it?

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SHOW NOTES:

• OpenAI’s former top safety researcher says there’s a ’10 to 20% chance’ that the tech will take over with many or most ‘humans dead’
• The Dawn of the AI Era 2022-2023 (Acquired Podcast)
• An AI Capitalist Primer
• Techno-Optimist Manifesto (a16z)
• The AI Bill of Materials (Redmonk)
• US Gov’t Executive Offer on Safe, Secure, Trustworthy AI (Oct 2023)
• Regulating AI by Executive Order (Steven Sinofsky)
• The Philanthropy of Silicon Valley
• “The Trolley Problem”

ARE WE UNDER OR OVER REACTING TO THE AI POSSIBILITIES?

• Oppenheimer said the possibility of destruction was “near zero”
• OpenAI research said it’s 10-20% chance of human destruction

WHAT ARE THE OPEN, REGULATIVE AND STRUCTURAL GUARDRAILS OF AI

• What is good or bad with AI?
• Should societal concerns be considered? By whom?
• Should environmental concerns be considered? By whom?

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