#420 — Countdown to Superintelligence

Sam Harris speaks with Daniel Kokotajlo about the potential
impacts of superintelligent AI over the next decade. They discuss
Daniel’s predictions in his essay “AI 2027,” the alignment
problem, what an intelligence explosion might look like, the
capacity of LLMs to intentionally deceive, the economic
implications of recent advances in AI, AI safety testing, the
potential for governments to regulate AI development, AI coding
capabilities, how we’ll recognize the arrival of superintelligent
AI, and other topics.


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