Connor Leahy on Why Humanity Risks Extinction from AGI

Future of Life Institute Podcast

Connor Leahy joins the podcast to discuss the motivations of AGI corporations, how modern AI is "grown", the need for a science of intelligence, the effects of AI on work, the radical implications of superintelligence, open-source AI, and what you might be able to do about all of this.

Here's the document we discuss in the episode:

https://www.thecompendium.ai

Timestamps:

00:00 The Compendium

15:25 The motivations of AGI corps

31:17 AI is grown, not written

52:59 A science of intelligence

01:07:50 Jobs, work, and AGI

01:23:19 Superintelligence

01:37:42 Open-source AI

01:45:07 What can we do?