In the 59th episode of the Logan Bartlett Show, economist Robin Hanson joins to discuss the recent A.I. ecosystem, A.I. critiques and risks, as well as his plans to have his brain frozen.

(0:00) Intro

(0:54) Introducing Robin Hanson

(5:47) Defining basic concepts

(9:47) The alignment problem

(19:43) Property rights in A.I.

(21:48) The recent A.I. ecosystem 

(30:01) GPT4

(33:51) A.I. Doomerism

(38:04) Rabbit hole analogy

(43:47) A.I. Critic Scenario

(51:57) Risks associated with A.I.

(57:24) Pausing development on A.I. to focus on implications

(1:02:33) Predictions by 2028 A.I. will not be able to cross

(1:08:15) Fast takeoff scenario

(1:15:39) Brain emulation

(1:22:19) Cryonics

Show Notes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuXl-iidnFY

Mixed and edited: Justin Hrabovsky

Produced: Rashad Assir

Executive Producer: Josh Machiz

Music: Griff Lawson

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Logan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.