What Happens After Superintelligence? (with Anders Sandberg)

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Anders Sandberg joins me to discuss superintelligence and its profound implications for human psychology, markets, and governance. We talk about physical bottlenecks, tensions between the technosphere and the biosphere, and the long-term cultural and physical forces shaping civilization. We conclude with Sandberg explaining the difficulties of designing reliable AI systems amidst rapid change and coordination risks. Learn more about Anders's work here: https://mimircenter.org/anders-sandberg Timestamps: 00:00:00 Preview and intro 00:04:20 2030 superintelligence scenario 00:11:55 Status, post-scarcity, and reshaping human psychology 00:16:00 Physical limits: energy, datacenter, and waste-heat bottlenecks 00:23:48 Technosphere vs biosphere 00:28:42 Culture and physics as long-run drivers of civilization 00:40:38 How superintelligence could upend markets and governments 00:50:01 State inertia: why governments lag behind companies 00:59:06 Value lock-in, censorship, and model alignment 01:08:32 Emergent AI ecosystems and coordination-failure risks 01:19:34 Predictability vs reliability: designing safe systems 01:30:32 Crossing the reliability threshold 01:38:25 Personal reflections on accelerating change

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