George Hotz vs Eliezer Yudkowsky

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

August 15, 2023

Duration

1h 34m

Channel

Dwarkesh Podcast

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

George Hotz and Eliezer Yudkowsky will hash out their positions on AI safety, acceleration, and related topics. You can watch live on Twitter as well: https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1nAJErpDYgRxL

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Dwarkesh Patel

  host

• George Hotz

  guest

• Eliezer Yudkowsky

  guest

• Narrator

  other

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Dwarkesh Podcast, featuring Dwarkesh Patel and George Hotz, George Hotz vs Eliezer Yudkowsky explores george Hotz and Eliezer Yudkowsky Clash on AI Doom and Timelines George Hotz and Eliezer Yudkowsky debate whether advanced AI will inevitably lead to human extinction, focusing on speed of progress, alignment difficulty, and how powerful AI would actually behave.

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