Today I'm sharing my interview on Robert Wright's Nonzero Podcast where we unpack Eliezer Yudkowsky's AI doom arguments from his bestselling book, "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies."
Bob is an exceptionally thoughtful interviewer who asks sharp questions and pushes me to defend the Yudkowskian position, leading to a rich exploration of the AI doom perspective.
I highly recommend getting a premium subscription to his podcast:
0:00 Episode Preview
2:43 Being a "Stochastic Parrot" for Eliezer Yudkowsky
5:38 Yudkowsky's Book: "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies"
9:38 AI Has NEVER Been Aligned
12:46 Liron Explains "Intellidynamics"
15:05 Natural Selection Leads to Maladaptive Behaviors — AI Misalignment Foreshadowing 29:02 We Summon AI Without Knowing How to Tame It
32:03 The "First Try" Problem of AI Alignment
37:00 Headroom Above Human Capability
40:37 The PauseAI Movement: The Silent Majority
47:35 Going into Overtime
