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0:00 Sam’s place on the AI accelerationist-pauser spectrum
4:31 Predicting AI’s near-term impact
11:53 Is regulating AI a fool’s errand?
18:08 Does strong AI governance court authoritarianism?
30:02 Can Trump and Elon be trusted on AI?
36:44 How Sam thinks AI should be regulated
50:45 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Samuel Hammond (Foundation for American Innovation, https://www.secondbest.ca/). Recorded November 12, 2024.
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Overtime titles:
0:00 The China question
10:54 Elon as an AI asset for Trump
19:10 Will Trump ease or heighten tensions over Taiwan?
25:35 Taking AI takeover seriously
38:56 AI, consciousness, and the human-to-AI handoff
