@Liv_Boeree - šŸ”„New episode outšŸ”„ I chat to former OpenAI alignment

Liv Boeree
Liv Boereeāœ“@Liv_Boeree
2024-12-04
šŸ”„New episode outšŸ”„ I chat to former OpenAI alignment researcher and quantum computing pioneer Scott Aaronson about his time at OpenAI, the current state of quantum computing, university politics, consciousness, AI religions, watermarking, cryptography... a real banger of a Win-Win episode, enjoy! Chapters 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Working at OpenAI 4:28 - His Approach to AI Alignment 6:23 - Watermarking of AI content 19:14 - P vs. NP 27:10 - The Current State of AI Safety 37:38 - Dumb "Just-a-ism" Arguments around LLMs 48:26 - What Sets Human Creativity Apart from AI 55:30 - A Religion for AGI? 1:00:49 - More Moral Philosophy 1:05:29 - The AI Race 1:23:18 - The Current State of Quantum Computing 1:36:14 - Will QC destroy Cryptography? 1:48:44 - Politics on College Campuses 2:03:00 - Scott's Childhood 2:23:14 - Rapid-fire Predictions

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