Highlights: How quickly AI could transform the world | Tom Davidson (2023)

Published: 12 October 2024
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Highlights from our episode with Tom Davidson — senior research analyst at Open Philanthropy — about his reports on how alarmingly fast AI takeoff speeds could be (episode #150 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast, released May 2023).

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Highlights include:
• Luisa’s intro (00:00:00)
• Going from GPT-4 to AI takeover (00:00:39)
• Why AGI could lead to explosive economic growth (00:04:28)
• Why explosive growth is plausible despite sounding crazy (00:08:16)
• Why AI won't go the way of nuclear power (00:11:56)
• Why AI takeoff might be shockingly fast (00:15:32)
• Why it's so important to build trust between labs (00:20:59)
• What ants might teach us about deploying AI safely (00:24:55)

Learn more and find the full transcript on the 80,000 Hours website:
https://80000hours.org/podcast/episod...


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