Barry Weiss

At the beginning of the nuclear age, we had people in this country who functioned almost like chief science officers, right? I'm thinking about people like Vannevar Bush who helped launch the Manhattan Project and came up with the National Science Foundation and kind of guided American policy for those first few like very crucial years of nuclear energy. Does that person exist?

At the beginning of the nuclear age, we had people in this country who functioned almost like chief science officers, right? I'm thinking about people like Vannevar Bush who helped launch the Manhattan Project and came up with the National Science Foundation and kind of guided American policy for those first few like very crucial years of nuclear energy. Does that person exist?

Like, if we wanted to have someone like that who sort of understood the technology, had no financial stake in it, and could talk, whether it's President Biden or Trump or whoever comes after him, sort of the pros and cons, not just of the development of AI here, but the competition with China. Like, does that person exist actually right now in America? Like, could you be that person, arguably?

Like, if we wanted to have someone like that who sort of understood the technology, had no financial stake in it, and could talk, whether it's President Biden or Trump or whoever comes after him, sort of the pros and cons, not just of the development of AI here, but the competition with China. Like, does that person exist actually right now in America? Like, could you be that person, arguably?

Like, if we wanted to have someone like that who sort of understood the technology, had no financial stake in it, and could talk, whether it's President Biden or Trump or whoever comes after him, sort of the pros and cons, not just of the development of AI here, but the competition with China. Like, does that person exist actually right now in America? Like, could you be that person, arguably?

Don't you feel, though, that, I mean, what do you make of not just the political vibe shift, but the cultural vibe shift that we've been experiencing since November 5th? Like, if you made that argument to me eight weeks ago, I would say, yeah, Sam's probably right. Now it feels like a different country.

Don't you feel, though, that, I mean, what do you make of not just the political vibe shift, but the cultural vibe shift that we've been experiencing since November 5th? Like, if you made that argument to me eight weeks ago, I would say, yeah, Sam's probably right. Now it feels like a different country.

Don't you feel, though, that, I mean, what do you make of not just the political vibe shift, but the cultural vibe shift that we've been experiencing since November 5th? Like, if you made that argument to me eight weeks ago, I would say, yeah, Sam's probably right. Now it feels like a different country.

I don't know science. I just think that there's a shift in the direction of growth is a good thing. Technological progress is a good thing. Nihilism feels like it's passe and falling out of favor. Like I feel that change happening in a dramatic way.

I don't know science. I just think that there's a shift in the direction of growth is a good thing. Technological progress is a good thing. Nihilism feels like it's passe and falling out of favor. Like I feel that change happening in a dramatic way.

I don't know science. I just think that there's a shift in the direction of growth is a good thing. Technological progress is a good thing. Nihilism feels like it's passe and falling out of favor. Like I feel that change happening in a dramatic way.

Now maybe it's because I spend a lot of time on X and like a lot of it's sort of like fomenting there and sort of leaping from the online into the real world. So, you know, if you went and like talked to the average PhD student uptown at Columbia, I don't think that they would have the same experience I do because everything is so balkanized.

Now maybe it's because I spend a lot of time on X and like a lot of it's sort of like fomenting there and sort of leaping from the online into the real world. So, you know, if you went and like talked to the average PhD student uptown at Columbia, I don't think that they would have the same experience I do because everything is so balkanized.

Now maybe it's because I spend a lot of time on X and like a lot of it's sort of like fomenting there and sort of leaping from the online into the real world. So, you know, if you went and like talked to the average PhD student uptown at Columbia, I don't think that they would have the same experience I do because everything is so balkanized.

Well, one of the companies that I feel excited about, perhaps it's controversial to say this, but I just think the founder is one of the most interesting people in the country, is Palmer Luckey and his company, Anderle Industries. And OpenAI recently entered into an agreement with, with Anduril to develop AI with military applications.

Well, one of the companies that I feel excited about, perhaps it's controversial to say this, but I just think the founder is one of the most interesting people in the country, is Palmer Luckey and his company, Anderle Industries. And OpenAI recently entered into an agreement with, with Anduril to develop AI with military applications.

Well, one of the companies that I feel excited about, perhaps it's controversial to say this, but I just think the founder is one of the most interesting people in the country, is Palmer Luckey and his company, Anderle Industries. And OpenAI recently entered into an agreement with, with Anduril to develop AI with military applications.

Now, previously, OpenAI had had a prohibition against using its technology for weaponry. Now, with the caveat, of course, that you're concentrating on defensive systems at the moment, the sorts of things that could guard us against attacks like drone swarms, perhaps like what's happening in New Jersey right now. We don't have time to talk about that.

Now, previously, OpenAI had had a prohibition against using its technology for weaponry. Now, with the caveat, of course, that you're concentrating on defensive systems at the moment, the sorts of things that could guard us against attacks like drone swarms, perhaps like what's happening in New Jersey right now. We don't have time to talk about that.

Now, previously, OpenAI had had a prohibition against using its technology for weaponry. Now, with the caveat, of course, that you're concentrating on defensive systems at the moment, the sorts of things that could guard us against attacks like drone swarms, perhaps like what's happening in New Jersey right now. We don't have time to talk about that.