Guillaume Verdon
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
believe in gravity or not, you know, but it's not necessarily an option to obey it, right? And some people try to test that and that goes not so well. So similarly, you know, I think thermodynamics is there whether we like it or not, and we're just trying to point out
believe in gravity or not, you know, but it's not necessarily an option to obey it, right? And some people try to test that and that goes not so well. So similarly, you know, I think thermodynamics is there whether we like it or not, and we're just trying to point out
So we invite skepticism, right?
So we invite skepticism, right?
So we invite skepticism, right?
Yeah. I mean, I think it provided initially a sense of community for engineers and intellectuals and rationalists in the early days. And it seems like the community was very healthy, but then You know, they formed all sorts of organizations and started routing capital and having actual power, right? They have real power. They influence the government, they influence most AI orgs now.
Yeah. I mean, I think it provided initially a sense of community for engineers and intellectuals and rationalists in the early days. And it seems like the community was very healthy, but then You know, they formed all sorts of organizations and started routing capital and having actual power, right? They have real power. They influence the government, they influence most AI orgs now.
Yeah. I mean, I think it provided initially a sense of community for engineers and intellectuals and rationalists in the early days. And it seems like the community was very healthy, but then You know, they formed all sorts of organizations and started routing capital and having actual power, right? They have real power. They influence the government, they influence most AI orgs now.
I mean, they're literally controlling the board of OpenAI, right? And look over to Anthropic. I think they all have some control over that too. And so I think...
I mean, they're literally controlling the board of OpenAI, right? And look over to Anthropic. I think they all have some control over that too. And so I think...
I mean, they're literally controlling the board of OpenAI, right? And look over to Anthropic. I think they all have some control over that too. And so I think...
The assumption of EAC is more like capitalism, is that every agent organism and meta-organism is going to act in its own interest, and we should maintain adversarial equilibrium or adversarial competition to keep each other in check at all times, at all scales.
The assumption of EAC is more like capitalism, is that every agent organism and meta-organism is going to act in its own interest, and we should maintain adversarial equilibrium or adversarial competition to keep each other in check at all times, at all scales.
The assumption of EAC is more like capitalism, is that every agent organism and meta-organism is going to act in its own interest, and we should maintain adversarial equilibrium or adversarial competition to keep each other in check at all times, at all scales.
I think that, yeah, ultimately, it was the perfect cover to acquire tons of power and capital, and unfortunately, sometimes that corrupts people over time.
I think that, yeah, ultimately, it was the perfect cover to acquire tons of power and capital, and unfortunately, sometimes that corrupts people over time.
I think that, yeah, ultimately, it was the perfect cover to acquire tons of power and capital, and unfortunately, sometimes that corrupts people over time.
Okay, so I have a particular regimen. I would say my favorite days are... 12 p.m. to 4 a.m. And I would have meetings in the early afternoon, usually external meetings, some internal meetings. Because I'm CEO, I have to interface with the outside world, whether it's customers or investors or interviewing potential candidates. And usually I'll have ketones, exogenous ketones.
Okay, so I have a particular regimen. I would say my favorite days are... 12 p.m. to 4 a.m. And I would have meetings in the early afternoon, usually external meetings, some internal meetings. Because I'm CEO, I have to interface with the outside world, whether it's customers or investors or interviewing potential candidates. And usually I'll have ketones, exogenous ketones.
Okay, so I have a particular regimen. I would say my favorite days are... 12 p.m. to 4 a.m. And I would have meetings in the early afternoon, usually external meetings, some internal meetings. Because I'm CEO, I have to interface with the outside world, whether it's customers or investors or interviewing potential candidates. And usually I'll have ketones, exogenous ketones.