The Secret of AI’s Power (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom) (opens in new tab)

Listen now | 0:00 Whose baby is cuter? 2:49 Bob’s new book on AI, The God Test 9:52 Varieties of AI awe 13:23 Geoffrey Hinton’s vision 17:50 How LLMs do more than predict and parrot 21:20 How powerful will AI get? 25:56 Can AI’s impact be predicted? 30:48 Taking doomerism seriously 37:53 The AI governance dilemma 48:42 Heading to Overtime Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom ( University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded June ...