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Is AI Moving Too Fast? (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee)
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Is AI Moving Too Fast? (Robert Wright & Timothy B. Lee)

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(Overtime audio available to paid subscribers through the player at the top of the page and video version available below the paywall.)

0:00 Tim seeks Substack synergy beyond Bob
2:53 Recent contributors to Bob’s AI anxiety
9:08 Why “Mamba” matters
13:25 Is AI moving too fast?
23:44 Are fears of an AI “jobocalypse” overblown?
34:34 AI’s (potential) next transformation
37:47 Heading to Overtime

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Timothy B. Lee (Full Stack Economics, Understanding AI). Recorded January 4, 2024.

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Overtime titles:

0:00 Decoding the NYT-OpenAI/Microsoft copyright lawsuit
15:09 Will AIs become commodities?
24:03 Resolving the Sam Altman paradox
35:51 Superintelligence vs AGI
37:08 Tim’s doubts about how agentic AI “agents” are

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