
Dan Hendrycks - Avoiding an AGI Arms Race (AGI Destinations Series, Episode 5)
About this episode
This is an interview with Dan Hendrycks, Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Center for AI Safety (safe.ai).
This is the fifth and final installment of our 5-part series about "AGI Destinations" - where we unpack the preferable and non-preferable futures humanity might strive towards in the years ahead. This episode was recorded in October of 2023.
Read more of Dan's ideas and https://www.safe.ai/work/research
This episode referred to the following other essays and resources:
-- The Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix: danfaggella.com/itpm
-- Natural Selection Favors AIs over Humans: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.16200
-- The SDGs of Strong AGI: https://emerj.com/ai-power/sdgs-of-ai/
Watch this episode on The Trajectory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arqYqHX13eM
Read the Dan Hendrycks episode highlight: danfaggella.com/hendrycks1
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