The Single Smartest Case Against AI Doom
With new breakthroughs in math and biology alongside reports of AI agents escaping and hacking systems, suffice it to say AI has had an interesting few weeks. How worried should we be about it all?
Derek talks with researchers Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor, authors of the “AI as a Normal Technology” framework, about a simple question: Is AI actually just a normal technology? And if today’s AI is as powerful as it seems, why does the world still look so normal?
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Host: Derek Thompson
Guests: Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor
Producer: Devon Baroldi
Additional Production Support: Ben Glicksman
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