Highlights: #191 (Part 2) – Carl Shulman on government and society after AGI
80k After Hours · The 80,000 Hours team
July 19, 202433m 6s
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Show Notes
This is a selection of highlights from episode #191 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast.
These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:
Carl Shulman on government and society after AGI
And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing [email protected].
Chapters:
- How AI advisors could have saved us from COVID-19 (00:00:05)
- Why Carl doesn't support enforced pauses on AI research (00:06:34)
- Value lock-in (00:12:58)
- How democracies avoid coups (00:17:11)
- Building trust between adversaries about which models you can believe (00:24:00)
- Opportunities for listeners (00:30:11)
Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong
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