@Liv_Boeree - š„New episode outš„ I chat to former OpenAI alignment
Liv Boereeā@Liv_Boeree
2024-12-04š„New episode outš„
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