Max Read

Yeah, you know, we've been cultivating a sense of danger about AI for the last two or three decades. The rationalists themselves have been cultivating this sense. AI researchers, whether or not they're influenced by rationalists, have been cultivating this sense of danger.

Yeah, you know, we've been cultivating a sense of danger about AI for the last two or three decades. The rationalists themselves have been cultivating this sense. AI researchers, whether or not they're influenced by rationalists, have been cultivating this sense of danger.

you know, journalists who cover AI, captivated by the sort of dramatic, apocalyptic stories told about the coming AI future, have that same sense. And I think there's a real feedback loop that gets created in discourse about artificial intelligence, where it's flashier to say that So-called AGI or artificial general intelligence is just around the corner.

you know, journalists who cover AI, captivated by the sort of dramatic, apocalyptic stories told about the coming AI future, have that same sense. And I think there's a real feedback loop that gets created in discourse about artificial intelligence, where it's flashier to say that So-called AGI or artificial general intelligence is just around the corner.

you know, journalists who cover AI, captivated by the sort of dramatic, apocalyptic stories told about the coming AI future, have that same sense. And I think there's a real feedback loop that gets created in discourse about artificial intelligence, where it's flashier to say that So-called AGI or artificial general intelligence is just around the corner.

It's more compelling to say that it's going to be a huge existential danger to the labor market, to the world, to humanity as we know it. In that way, if you have a particular personality and if you are in a...

It's more compelling to say that it's going to be a huge existential danger to the labor market, to the world, to humanity as we know it. In that way, if you have a particular personality and if you are in a...

It's more compelling to say that it's going to be a huge existential danger to the labor market, to the world, to humanity as we know it. In that way, if you have a particular personality and if you are in a...

position where you are constantly hearing about the dangers posed by AI, it's not hard to see how somebody might end up in a position where they're willing to buy and draw a gun on behalf of a set of beliefs about artificial intelligence that maybe, to use the word in its original sense, that maybe a more rational person probably wouldn't pursue.

position where you are constantly hearing about the dangers posed by AI, it's not hard to see how somebody might end up in a position where they're willing to buy and draw a gun on behalf of a set of beliefs about artificial intelligence that maybe, to use the word in its original sense, that maybe a more rational person probably wouldn't pursue.

position where you are constantly hearing about the dangers posed by AI, it's not hard to see how somebody might end up in a position where they're willing to buy and draw a gun on behalf of a set of beliefs about artificial intelligence that maybe, to use the word in its original sense, that maybe a more rational person probably wouldn't pursue.

Max Reed, his substack is ReedMax. If you found this interesting and you want to hear more about the rationalists and some of these risks and fears around AI, Vox has got a new series coming out on March 12th called Good Robot, and you can hear it in the unexplainable feat. Today's show was produced by Amanda Llewellyn with help from Travis Larchuk.

Max Reed, his substack is ReedMax. If you found this interesting and you want to hear more about the rationalists and some of these risks and fears around AI, Vox has got a new series coming out on March 12th called Good Robot, and you can hear it in the unexplainable feat. Today's show was produced by Amanda Llewellyn with help from Travis Larchuk.

Max Reed, his substack is ReedMax. If you found this interesting and you want to hear more about the rationalists and some of these risks and fears around AI, Vox has got a new series coming out on March 12th called Good Robot, and you can hear it in the unexplainable feat. Today's show was produced by Amanda Llewellyn with help from Travis Larchuk.

It was edited by Amina El-Sadi and fact-checked in How by Laura Bullard. It was mixed by Andrea Christen's daughter and Patrick Boyd. I'm Noelle King. It's Today Explained.

It was edited by Amina El-Sadi and fact-checked in How by Laura Bullard. It was mixed by Andrea Christen's daughter and Patrick Boyd. I'm Noelle King. It's Today Explained.

It was edited by Amina El-Sadi and fact-checked in How by Laura Bullard. It was mixed by Andrea Christen's daughter and Patrick Boyd. I'm Noelle King. It's Today Explained.