Category: General Interests

Tim Kravchunovsky is an experienced network engineer who has decades of experience in consulting and entrepreneurship. Today, he's the CEO of Chirp, where he's using decentralized technologies like the blockchain to change the internet of things.

The AI update for April 21st, 2023 features cognitive emulations, Sam Altman on the limits of scaling, Google and DeepMind teaming up, and Eliezer ditching alignment research for...catgirls?

Zvi is a rationalist, former trader, and past CEO of MetaMed. He recently penned an analysis of the Future of Life Institute's proposal for a 6-month moratorium on AI research, and that's what we talked to him about.

The AI update for April 7th, 2023 features a number of approaches for inspecting LLMs internal functioning, skepticism over AI doom scenarios, and China and the U.S. considering regulations on generative AI

Jeffrey Ladish runs a security company called Gordian Research which provides operational security consulting services. He joins Trent to talk about the moratorium on AI research and the risks inherent in powerful cognitive technologies.

The AI update for April 7th, 2023 features more calls to slow AI progress, a conversation with Eliezer Yudkowsky on AI Safety, Germany considering a ban on ChatGPT, and self-healing software.

Thomas and Trent do a news round up, covering the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Balajis' bet on Bitcoin, finance and price theory, and (of course) AI.

The AI update for March 31st, 2023 features Elon Musk and others calling for a 6-month moratorium on AI research, Eliezer Yudkowsky saying that it's not nearly enough, and an avalanche of responses on both sides of the issue.

The AI update for March 24th, 2023 features Replit's Ghostwriter writing directly to files, picking out heterodox opinions in interviews, building AI assistants, and general intelligence research.